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The Markets Desk — Week 46 · Wed 11 Nov 2026
Compute · the Ledger · Loan against chips

Nscale's Ward County, Texas borrower enters a $1.85B delayed-draw term loan to finance GPUs, arranged by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs

Signed · announced 18 Sept 2026 · the week to 18 Sept 2026

Size
$1.85B

$1.85B delayed-draw: $630M fixed + $1.22B floating

The parties

The source

Nscale Form S-1, filed 2026-09-18Regulatory filing

Credit agreement dated 2026-08-27; borrower Nscale Ward County Borrower SPV, LLC. $630.0M fixed-rate and $1.22B floating-rate delayed-draw commitments. Floating: three-month Term SOFR + 2.375% (or base rate + 1.375%), 0.00% floor. Fixed: 2.375% plus the applicable USD SOFR swap rate, set before funding. Matures February 2033. Finances GPU infrastructure capex at the Ward County site. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA are joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners and co-structuring agents (Exhibit 10.23).

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