CHOKEPOINT
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ENTITY · nscale

Nscale

United Kingdom·neocloud·niche

AI GPU cloud and data-center operator.

WATCH · 40–69
47/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis

WATCH — Nscale: concentrated foreign-origin supply compounded by sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance in neocloud. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration49
Sole-Source Dependence49
Sanctions Exposure45
Downstream Criticality45
Sanctions Exposure

Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).

DoD Exposure

No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.

Segments
neocloudcolocation
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
  • Scale AI · 2 hops · $105.6M
    Nscale → Amazon (Annapurna Labs) → Scale AI
Chokepoint Relationships

Key Suppliers · upstream · 7

Key Customers · downstream · 5

Data Provenance· generated 2026-08-10 01:06:49Z
  • Consolidated Screening List (CSL) [LIVE] https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.039Z
  • USASpending.gov — DoD award search [LIVE] https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.377Z
  • Curated ownership aggregation [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z
  • Curated China-ecosystem + Nexperia edges (Phase B, CSET ETO + TechInsights + TrendForce + SCMP + BIS Entity List + Nexperia press release) [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z

Firm/commodity-level signals from public data — not component-level BOM. Scores are an analytic underwriting heuristic, not legal or procurement advice.