Aker Shares Jump as Nscale Secures $45B Anthropic AI Computing Deal

Anthropic will pay $45 billion to rent AI computing power from Nscale's Monarch campus in West Virginia, Bloomberg reported August 26. Parent company Aker ASA confirmed the deal August 27, and shares rose — suggesting investors hadn't expected revenue this large. The Monarch site is still being built, so power and construction risks remain.