GoKawiilNvidia in talks to guarantee debt for Nscale's West Virginia AI data center
Nvidia is reportedly negotiating to back billions in debt financing for Nscale's planned Anthropic data center in West Virginia, according to The Information and corroborated by Bloomberg. Under the proposed residual value guarantee, Nvidia would cover construction costs if Nscale defaulted, temporarily take over the site, and help find a new buyer or tenant. Anthropic has already signed a $44.6 billion contract for the first building alone, per Nscale's IPO filing.
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This would mark an expansion of Nvidia's financial backing beyond chip leases and purchases into actual construction risk, suggesting the chipmaker sees its own growth as tied to propping up struggling infrastructure partners. The move comes as Nscale faces operational setbacks, including a fraction of planned chip deployment, flooding complaints near the construction site, and Microsoft's recent withdrawal from a separate Nscale project in England, raising questions about whether aggressive AI buildout commitments can be delivered on schedule.
- Nvidia may guarantee debt financing for Nscale's West Virginia data center construction, not just chip leases.
- Anthropic has committed $44.6 billion for the first building, with a second ~$45 billion deal under discussion.
- Nscale faces execution problems, including slow chip deployment, local flooding issues, and Microsoft's exit from a UK project.
Source: techcrunch.com — Aditya Mehta, 2026-10-31
Published there as: “Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia”
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