Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia
Nvidia could temporarily take over the facility if Nscale defaults on construction payments.
The proposed debt guarantee would help Nscale finance electricity and construction costs for its West Virginia campus. Nvidia would help find a buyer and new tenant if the guarantee were triggered; its earlier support for cloud providers has mostly covered leases and chip purchases. Anthropic has signed a $44.6 billion contract for the first 460-megawatt building, which is expected to use Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chips. The guarantee remains under discussion.
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The proposed debt guarantee would help Nscale finance electricity and construction costs for its West Virginia campus. Nvidia would help find a buyer and new tenant if the guarantee were triggered; its earlier support for cloud providers has mostly covered leases and chip purchases. Anthropic has signed a $44.6 billion contract for the first 460-megawatt building, which is expected to use Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chips. The guarantee remains under discussion.
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