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Nscale, the British AI data-centre developer, depends on Microsoft and Anthropic for most of its revenue, TechCrunch reports.

Why it matters

That makes the company’s forthcoming IPO a test not only of investor appetite for AI infrastructure, but also of how comfortable markets are with concentrated customer books. A towering server hall is impressive; a business relying heavily on two customers is rather less architecturally reassuring. The supplied report does not provide the exact revenue share, contract terms or listing timetable, so readers should treat this as a pointed risk signal rather than a complete financial picture. The practical question is whether Nscale can broaden its customer base before investors start pricing dependency as a liability. Should AI infrastructure companies be judged mainly on their contracted demand, or on how diversified that demand already is?

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