Nscale eyes second $45bn deal with Anthropic after Microsoft setback

British AI infrastructure firm, Nscale, is in talks to secure a second $45bn (£33.5bn) computing deal with Anthropic, just a day after Microsoft pulled out of its flagship UK data centre project. The Nvidia-backed company is negotiating an agreement to supply the US AI giant with computing power from a second facility at its Monarch campus in West Virginia. The proposed deal would cover 460 megawatts of capacity powered by Nvidia’s next-generation Vera Rubin chips, potentially doubling Anthropic’s Nscale commitments to almost $90bn. The agreement could be signed within days, though discussions remain ongoing and terms could change, as reported by Bloomberg. The talks follow an initial $44.6bn agreement signed in August, under which Anthropic agreed to lease computing capacity from the same West Virginia campus over six years. The potential contract comes at a critical moment for London-founded Nscale, which is preparing for a blockbuster New York stock market listing amid g