Nscale key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Nscale Global Holdings Ltd.
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom (GB)
- Ownership
- Independent
- Founded
- 2023
- Data hosting
- United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, United States
- Infrastructure
- Self-hosted (Owns and operates data centers)
- Deployment
- Managed Hosting
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Exposed
- Replaces
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, CoreWeave, Lambda Labs
About Nscale
Nscale is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure hyperscaler that provides the full technology stack required for large-scale artificial intelligence development. Headquartered in the UK, the company distinguishes itself by owning and operating its own data center facilities, particularly in Northern Europe (Norway and Iceland), leveraging low-cost renewable energy to provide superior unit economics for AI workloads. The service serves enterprises, governments, and AI practitioners who require high-performance compute for training, fine-tuning, and inference. Its portfolio includes GPU compute clusters, specialized networking, and a suite of AI software tools like AI Studio and inference APIs. Through strategic partnerships with Microsoft and NVIDIA, Nscale aims to establish sovereign-grade infrastructure for sensitive and high-scale AI projects.
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