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英国 AI 基础设施初创公司 Nscale 申请赴美 IPO
英国 AI 基础设施开发商 Nscale 已向美国 SEC 提交 IPO 注册声明,拟以代码 NSCL 在纽交所上市,发行股数与价格区间尚未确定。FT 援引知情人士称其寻求最高 350 亿美元估值,公司未予确认。SEC 文件显示,截至 2026 年 6 月 30 日止六个月营收 1.406 亿美元、净亏损 10.2 亿美元;截至 8 月 31 日拥有约 2.5 万块活跃 GPU、46.1 万块活跃及已签约 GPU,以及约 1.37GW 活跃及已签约容量,资产集中于挪威、葡萄牙、冰岛等可再生电力丰富地区。公司今年 3 月以 146 亿美元估值完成 20 亿美元 C 轮融资,并与微软、英伟达有 AI 基础设施部署合作。
AI推荐理由 Nscale 向 SEC 提交 IPO 注册声明,拟以 NSCL 在纽交所上市,披露了具体财务与算力资产数据:截至 2026 年 6 月 30 日止六个月营收 1.406 亿美元、净亏损 10.2 亿美元(上年同期营收 1040 万美元、净亏损 3.689 亿美元);截至 2026 年 8 月 31 日约 2.5 万块活跃 GPU、46.1 万块活跃及已签约 GPU、1.37GW 活跃及已签约容量。这些是 AI 基础设施算力与资本开支的一手可核查信息,对判断 AI 数据中心融资与产能扩张有参考价值。局限在于 350 亿美元估值仅来自 FT 引述匿名消息人士,公司未确认,且发行股数与价格区间未定,属未证实传闻,需保留不确定性。
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UK AI infrastructure start-up Nscale files for US IPO
by Tim Barnwell
21 Sep 2026
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Nscale’s data centre in Glomfjord, Norway. Image: Nscale
The Financial Times reported that the company is seeking ‘a valuation of up to $35bn’.
UK AI infrastructure developer Nscale has filed for a US initial public offering (IPO) through a statement of registration to the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The number of shares to be offered and their price range have not yet been determined, according to the company, which has applied to list its ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ‘NSCL’.
The Financial Times, however, reported on Friday (18 September) that Nscale is seeking “a valuation of up to $35bn” in the IPO, citing people familiar with the matter.
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley will act as lead bookrunners for the proposed offering.
RBC Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities and TD Securities, among others, will act as other bookrunners, while Citizens Capital Markets, Loop Capital Markets and Roth Capital Partners, among others, will act as the offering’s co-managers, Nscale said.
According to its SEC filing, the London-based AI start-up had a net loss of $1.02bn on revenue of $140.6m for the six months ending on 30 June; for the same period in 2025, it had a net loss of $368.9m on revenue of $10.4m.
“As of 31 August 2026, our infrastructure portfolio included approximately 25,000 active GPUs and 461,000 active and contracted GPUs, five active and 12 contracted data centre sites (including seven wholly-owned sites, nine colocation sites and one leased site) and approximately 1.37GW of active and contracted capacity (representing 1GW at owned sites, 200MW at leased sites and 165MW at colocation sites)”, Nscale’s filing read.
It added that the company’s footprint “is concentrated in renewable-rich, low-cost power regions such as Norway, Portugal, Iceland and select locations in the United States and APAC”.
The company raised $2bn in Series C funding at a valuation of $14.6bn in March of this year. At the time, it said the money would be used to accelerate its global development of vertically integrated AI infrastructure – including GPU compute, networking, data services and orchestration software – across Europe, North America and Asia.
Nscale has AI infrastructure deployment deals with Microsoft and Nvidia; its founder, CEO and chair – 32-year-old Josh Payne – received total compensation in 2025 of $23.2m, according to last week’s SEC filing notice.
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