Nscale Raises $2B Series C at $14.6B Valuation — UK AI Infrastructure Hyperscaler Bets on Sovereign Compute

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UK-based AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale raised $2 billion Series C at a $14.6 billion post-money valuation, led by Aker and 8090 Industries, targeting European enterprises requiring GDPR-compliant, sovereign AI compute alternatives to US hyperscalers. Nscale operates dedicated GPU clusters on European soil and has signed binding agreements with multiple EU financial institutions and government agencies seeking data residency guarantees. The raise reflects a growing two-tier market: US hyperscalers for speed-to-market, sovereign infrastructure for regulated workloads.