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Nscale holds talks on $45 billion Anthropic deal for second facility

Stockwhiz•19/10/2026•15:54 ET
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Key Highlights

  • ➤$45 billion Anthropic deal under discussion for Nscale’s second Monarch facility
  • ➤460-megawatt building would use Nvidia Vera Rubin AI chips
  • ➤Anthropic holds first refusal on Monarch’s expected third building
  • ➤Nscale seeks about $30 billion IPO valuation amid investor pressure
  • ➤Nscale raised $3.36 billion pre-IPO financing led by Third Point

Nscale Ltd. is in talks to sell about $45 billion of computing power to Anthropic PBC through a second facility at its Monarch data center campus in West Virginia.

The proposed second building would deliver 460 megawatts of computing power using Nvidia Corp.’s advanced Vera Rubin AI chips, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Anthropic also has the right of first refusal on Monarch’s expected third building.

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