AI cloud provider Nscale files to go public

TechPublished Fri, Sep 18 20264:02 PM EDTUpdated 11 Min AgoKey PointsNscale is looking to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker NSCL.The company spun out of a cryptocurrency mining firm called Arkon Energy.Nscale reported 1,252% revenue growth during the first six months of 2026 compared to a year earlier.Nscale signage on the exhibition floor during the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2026.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNscale, a cloud provider specializing in infrastructure for artificial intelligence models, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "NSCL." The company had a $1.02 billion net loss on $140.6 million in revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2026, according to its prospectus for an initial public offering. The net loss over the same time period a year earlier was $368.9 million, while revenue was up 1,252% from $10.4 million.Competitors include market-leading cloud providers such as Amazon, as well as younger AI-centric suppliers like CoreWeave and Nebius that are known as neoclouds. OpenAI, Anthropic and other labs have had seemingly endless thirst for more computing capacity since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, as people tap generative AI products for coding, productivity and general chat. As a result, Anthropic and OpenAI have required impressive amounts of cash to pay its computing bills, and both are planning to go public.Both of those labs have struck deals with Nscale, which rents out Nvidia graphics processing units for training and running models. Microsoft, itself a cloud provider, has also signed up with Nscale. Nscale has sought to diversify. It now offers to handle inference requests for a slew of models. In July it announced plans to acquire statup Anyscale, whose software helps with the construction of AI models.Last week Nscale said Fidji Simo, a former OpenAI, Instacart and Meta executive, was joining its board. In July she stepped down from her post as OpenAI's product and business chief after taking medical leave. Other board members include former Meta leaders Nick Clegg and Sheryl Sandberg.London-based Nscale had over 1,000 full-time employees as of Aug. 31, 2026. The company's website features descriptions of 12 data center locations across the U.S. and Europe. The company emerged from stealth mode in 2024 through a spinoff of cryptocurrency mining firm Arkon Energy. Investors include Blue Owl, Dell, Nvidia, Fidelity and Point72.CEO Josh Payne told CNBC last year that Europe lacked sufficient AI computing resources.WATCH: Nscale CEO: There is not enough energy today to meet our AI demands