ByteDance accounts for nearly 75% of Nscale's 2025 sales, uses Norway facility to source Nvidia AI chips, filings reveal
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ByteDance made up almost three‑quarters of Nscale's 2025 sales and leveraged the Norwegian facility to obtain Nvidia AI chips, according to SEC filings.
Financial Times filings show that Chinese internet giant ByteDance accounted for almost three‑quarters of AI‑cloud provider Nscale’s revenue in 2025. The data, drawn from Nscale’s U.S. SEC submissions, also reveal that ByteDance accessed Nvidia AI chips through Nscale’s data‑center complex in Norway – a detail omitted from the company’s investor pitch.
The revelation matters on several fronts. First, it underscores how a Chinese tech powerhouse is leveraging European infrastructure to tap into the world’s most advanced GPU supply, raising questions about the transparency of cross‑border AI supply chains. Second, the concentration of Nscale’s business on a single customer amplifies the startup’s financial risk, especially as it wrestles with roughly $1 billion of debt while courting a $2.7 billion funding round. The prospective deal includes a potential $2 billion lease with ByteDance, positioning the Norwegian site as a critical hub for the Chinese firm’s generative‑AI workloads.
Investors and regulators will now watch how Nscale navigates the funding round and whether the disclosed reliance on ByteDance triggers deeper scrutiny from U.S. export‑control authorities or European data‑sovereignty bodies. Nvidia’s role as the chip supplier could also draw attention, given ongoing geopolitical pressure on the company’s sales to China. Finally, analysts will monitor any further SEC disclosures or shareholder communications that clarify the extent of ByteDance’s involvement and the broader implications for AI infrastructure providers operating in Europe.
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