# Nvidia weighs backing Nscale’s West Virginia data center debt

> Nvidia is discussing a guarantee for financing tied to Nscale’s planned campus, which would help the AI cloud provider fund construction and power costs.

Oossa · 2026-10-31 · https://oossa.com/en/nvidia-weighs-backing-nscale-s-west-virginia-data-center-debt

Nvidia is in talks to guarantee billions of dollars in debt financing for Nscale’s planned AI data center campus in West Virginia, according to The Information; Bloomberg later corroborated the report. The proposed guarantee would cover construction payments: if Nscale defaulted, Nvidia could temporarily take over the facility and help find a buyer and tenant.

Anthropic has signed a $44.6 billion contract for the campus’s first building, planned at 460 megawatts and designed to use Nvidia’s next-generation Vera Rubin chips. The guarantee is under discussion, not a finalized deal, and would deepen Nvidia’s financial ties to Nscale while helping keep a major customer’s project on track.

## The facts

- Anthropic’s contract for the first building is valued at $44.6 billion, according to Nscale’s IPO filing.
- Nscale’s first planned building is 460 megawatts and is expected to use Nvidia Vera Rubin chips.

## Why it matters

For Anthropic, a Nvidia-backed guarantee could help keep a large source of computing capacity on schedule; whether the financing deal will be completed remains unknown.

## Sources & references

1. [Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/nvidia-weighs-playing-the-cosigner-for-nscales-ai-data-center-in-west-virginia/) – TechCrunch, 2026-10-31

Last updated: 2026-10-31