Nscale Files for NYSE IPO With $103 Billion Backlog, Microsoft and Anthropic at 85%

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Nscale Limited filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, disclosing that Microsoft and Anthropic together account for 85% of its $103 billion in total contract value. The British AI infrastructure company has signed multiple agreements with Microsoft since late 2025 worth about $43.8 billion through 2033, and in August signed a separate $44.6 billion agreement with Anthropic to supply computing power at a planned eight-gigawatt facility in West Virginia, for which Nscale has not yet secured financing. The Anthropic contract carries conditions: Nscale must reach defined milestones and sustain reliable computing performance, and failure to do so gives Anthropic grounds to walk away, with Nscale targeting 2028 to activate the facility's initial two gigawatts. Nscale acknowledged concentration risk in its S-1 filing, noting that only $2.6 billion of the $103 billion in total contract value was active as of the end of August. For the first six months of 2026, Nscale posted a $1.02 billion net loss against $140.6 million in revenue, a 1,252% jump from $10.4 million a year earlier, and reported $56.4 billion in remaining performance obligations. Nvidia has participated in funding rounds, provided chips, guaranteed approximately $860 million in lease obligations, and took part in a $3.1 billion financing package announced last week, receiving $1 billion in convertible notes or non-voting shares, though Nscale cautioned this does not eliminate supply chain risks. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are lead underwriters, and Nscale has applied to list under the ticker symbol NSCL.

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Artificial Intelligence▲ · 2 stocks
Microsoft Corporation
MSFT
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Microsoft holds ~$43.8B of Nscale's $103B contract value, securing AI compute capacity for its needs.

NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Nvidia participated in funding rounds, provided chips, guaranteed ~$860M in lease obligations, and took $1B in convertible notes/non-voting shares in Nscale.

Financials▲ · 2 stocks
Digital Finance & Tokenization▲ · 1 stocks

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Off-coverage companies 2

NscalePrivate± Mixed
Capitalrelevance

Nscale filed for a NYSE IPO with a $103B backlog but disclosed a $1.02B net loss, heavy customer concentration, and unsecured financing for its Anthropic facility.

AnthropicPrivate± Mixed
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