{"id":726943,"date":"2026-05-12T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nscale-secures-790m-financing-for-narvik-ai-data-centre\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:05:14","slug":"nscale-secures-790m-financing-for-narvik-ai-data-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nscale-secures-790m-financing-for-narvik-ai-data-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Nscale secures $790m financing for Narvik AI data centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nscale.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nscale<\/a>, the vertically integrated AI-infrastructure company, has secured an additional $790m of debt financing to continue building out its AI data centre in Narvik, northern Norway, the company said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committed facility was provided by ABN AMRO, DNB, Eksfin (Export Finance Norway) and Nordea, with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) acting as Mandated Lead Arranger alongside the bookrunner banks. ABN AMRO, DNB, and Nordea acted as Bookrunners on the trade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside the committed amount, the facility carries an uncommitted accordion feature of a further $790m, earmarked specifically to fund a 115MW expansion at the Narvik site. Nscale described the Narvik project as the largest AI-infrastructure investment in Norway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The financing builds on a year of rapid funding momentum at Nscale. The company closed a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nscale.com\/press-releases\/nscale-series-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2bn Series C<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in March 2026, led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries, and signed a $1.4bn delayed-draw term loan in February 2026. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Norwegian financing also follows a recently signed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agreement with Microsoft<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> covering the Narvik campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The \ud83d\udc9c of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh Payne, Nscale\u2019s founder and CEO, said in the announcement that the combination of recent financing rounds positions the company <em>\u201cat the forefront of global AI infrastructure, delivering scalable, high-performance capacity to meet rapidly growing demand for our services.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Narvik site is part of Nscale\u2019s broader European data-centre footprint, which includes a separate flagship build in Portugal at Start Campus\u2019s Sines site. In a separate announcement, Nscale committed to supplying 66,000+ Nvidia Rubin GPUs to Microsoft at the Portuguese site, with deployment starting in late 2027. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company also has a 1.35 GW commitment with Microsoft, Nvidia, and Caterpillar at a flagship AI campus in West Virginia under the Monarch name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nscale describes itself as vertically integrated, with operations spanning energy, data centres, GPU compute and software. The company serves AI-native customers, enterprises, and governments, and emphasises operational efficiency and reliability as core selling points for those buyers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bank syndicate behind the Norway facility is itself notable. ABN AMRO, DNB, Nordea and SEB are among the largest project-finance banks in the Nordic region; Eksfin\u2019s involvement reflects Norwegian state-backed export-finance support for data-centre infrastructure that uses Norwegian power and labour. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Narvik project benefits from the region\u2019s cold climate and access to substantial Nordic hydropower capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nscale did not disclose the tenor, pricing or covenant terms of the new financing, nor the targeted operational date for the 115MW Narvik expansion. The company has not commented on whether the accordion feature is expected to be drawn within a specific window.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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