英国 AI 云厂商 Nscale 在美 IPO 前获 33.6 亿美元可转债融资
Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing
英国 AI 云厂商 Nscale 宣布获得 33.6 亿美元可转债融资，用于推进 IPO。其中 23.6 亿美元可立即使用，另有 10 亿美元来自现有投资方 Nvidia，将于 11 月中旬到账，票据将在 IPO 完成后转为股权。Nscale 上周提交 IPO 文件，据 Financial Times 报道其在纽交所的估值预计为 350 亿美元，据 Bloomberg 报道拟募资 30 亿美元；其 IPO 文件显示，自两年前从澳大利亚加密货币矿企 Arkon Energy 分拆以来，公司已累计获得超过 1030 亿美元合同，目前正在挪威和西弗吉尼亚等地建设大型数据中心园区。
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Nscale , a British neocloud, has secured $3.36 billion in financing ahead of its IPO later this year, the company announced on Friday. Structured as a convertible note, the massive funding round underscores the staggering capital required to build out AI data centers.
Led by hedge fund Third Point, the new investment includes $2.36 billion available to the company immediately and an additional $1 billion coming from existing investor Nvidia, which Nscale will receive in mid-November. The notes will convert into equity shares once the IPO is completed.
Nscale, which filed its IPO paperwork last week, is expected to be valued at $35 billion on the NYSE, Financial Times reported, and is seeking to raise $3 billion in the offering, according to Bloomberg .
Since it was spun out of Australian cryptocurrency mining company Arkon Energy two years ago, Nscale has amassed over $103 billion worth of contracts, according to its IPO filing .
The company is currently developing several large data center campuses, including in Norway and West Virginia.