Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he told Nscale, a UK-based neocloud backed by Nvidia, to 'work around the clock' to overcome delays, equipment failures and power constraints at some data center sites. Nscale also faces investor pushback over its $30 billion IPO valuation target. Huang said neoclouds would overcome their challenges because AI computing demand is strong and they mainly need working capital, after Australia's Firmus Grid abandoned a $30 billion IPO and South Korea's Elice had a difficult trading debut. The article notes growing concern over the money flowing into AI infrastructure as borrowing costs rise.
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