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What changed

Nscale’s updated IPO prospectus reports a third-quarter net loss of $1.69 billion on revenue of $307.5 million, CNBC reports. That adds the figures missing from the earlier account of a widening loss: sizeable numbers, and not exactly a quiet footnote in an IPO filing.

CNBC also reports that Microsoft pulled out of a planned data centre project in England over electricity access concerns and declined to renew a contract in Texas. These are two separate setbacks described in the report, not evidence that Microsoft has ended all business with Nscale.

There is a counterpoint: Anthropic has exercised an option to secure additional computing power from Nscale, according to CNBC. The prospectus therefore presents a mixed picture of financial pressure and continuing demand from an AI customer.

Sources and evidence

• Nscale updates IPO prospectus that shows widening loss: CNBC reports that Nscale’s updated IPO prospectus shows a third-quarter net loss of $1.69 billion on $307.5 million in revenue, that Microsoft withdrew from a planned English data centre project and declined to renew a Texas contract, and that Anthropic exercised an option for additional computing power.

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