Nscale Raises $2B Series C at $14.6B Valuation

The company provides hyperscale AI infrastructure solutions to accelerate model deployment for enterprises.

Written by Ashley Bowden
Published on Mar. 09, 2026
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Nscale, a London-based company focused on hyperscale AI infrastructure, announced $2 billion in Series C funding led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries. The company, now valued at $14.6 billion, offers a vertically integrated compute foundation to help businesses train and refine AI models at scale.

Serving enterprises across regions like Europe, Asia and North America, Nscale provides infrastructure such as GPU compute and networking solutions, data services and orchestration software to support production-grade AI deployment. 

“Over the next five years, artificial intelligence will be integrated into every industry, every product and every job: accelerating drug discovery, extending human life, autonomizing travel and robotics, lifting productivity and driving massive growth. This is leading to the largest infrastructure buildout in human history,” Josh Payne, Nscale’s CEO and founder, said in a statement. “Nscale is leading this buildout. We are building this foundation that the market sits on, the engine of superintelligence.”

Equipped with its new capital, Nscale will invest in fueling the global development of its tech. The company will expand its infrastructure footprint and hire new talent to its engineering and operations teams as it works to strengthen its platform.

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