How Nscale’s Unbuilt Data Centers Undercut Its $35 Billion IPO Pitch
AI chip rental business Nscale, which has filed paperwork indicating its plan to go public, is a puny, relatively new entrant in the neocloud race. At first blush, it looks to hold a lot of promise, posting rapid growth in the past year and boasting a backlog of contracted revenue on par with that of older rival CoreWeave. But nearly all of Nscale’s $103 billion in contract commitments rely on data centers it hasn’t yet built—or even raised all the money needed to build. That makes...