Nscale contracts about 200,000 Nvidia GPUs with Microsoft for Europe

UK based Nscale agreed to supply Microsoft with about 200,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs across Europe and the US, including the EU's first large scale Blackwell Ultra deployment at Start Campus in Sines, Portugal, plus sites in the UK and Norway.

Verified Editor-read Nscale press release, 15 October 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish a disclosed contract value; the widely cited USD 14 billion figure is a media estimate, not a disclosed one.

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