Nscale Crashes the Big Leagues of Data Center Developers

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A year ago, CoreWeave looked like AI’s riskiest play. Then last fall, Oracle stepped in front. recently, Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank, no stranger to big bets, has borrowed its way to the top. This week, though, a new company took the title as riskiest AI firm: Nscale, a company run by a former coal miner that appears to have been independent for about six months. It might hold that prize for a while. It’s been a busy 10 days for Nscale.