Nvidia in talks to guarantee the debt of Nscale's data center for Anthropic in West Virginia

Medium Oct. 30, 2026 · TechCrunch

Published in edition no. 2 of Noticiário do Joãozinho · Saturday, October 31, 2026, evening edition

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According to TechCrunch, citing The Information and Bloomberg, Nvidia is discussing a residual value guarantee for billions in construction financing for the data center. The first building, of 460 MW, has a signed US$44.6 billion contract with Anthropic and is expected to use Vera Rubin chips. The guarantee has not been signed yet.

Why it matters If it happens, the chip supplier starts sharing its customer's credit risk, a sign of how the industry is financing the data center build-out at a time of more cautious investors.

Original source: TechCrunch — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/nvidia-weighs-playing-the-cosigner-for-nscales-ai-data-center-in-west-virginia/

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