Nscale owns the power and the data centres. For ~$1.65bn, it just bought the software too.
THE SO WHAT
Nscale buying Anyscale for about $1.65B is a vertical-integration bet — own the power, the data centers, and now the Ray software layer. For AI infra buyers, this foreshadows more 'full-stack' clouds where the orchestration framework is tied to the underlying metal, tightening ecosystem lock-in but potentially improving performance and pricing clarity.
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