# Data centres

Nscale helped ByteDance subsidiary access Nvidia chips, sidestepping US rules — reports
News
September 23, 2026
Nscale helped ByteDance subsidiary access Nvidia chips, sidestepping US rules — reports
Deal allegedly enabled TikTok parent company access to chips it could not get in China due to US restrictions
Martin Coulter
Cloud startup Verda raises $189m in funding round led by Emergence Capital
News
September 22, 2026
Cloud startup Verda raises $189m in funding round led by Emergence Capital
Formerly known as DataCrunch, Verda's offering spans data centres, hardware and cloud infrastructure
Martin Coulter
Samsung and EU Scaleup Fund back efficient AI startup Euclyd in €200m Series A
News
September 15, 2026
Samsung and EU Scaleup Fund back efficient AI startup Euclyd in €200m Series A
Former ASML CEO Peter Wennink is also joining the Dutch startup as chairman of the board
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Mistral confirms €3bn Series D at €21bn valuation
News
September 8, 2026
Mistral confirms €3bn Series D at €21bn valuation
The round is one of the largest ever raised by a European tech company
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Bessemer and Creandum set to back new AI infrastructure startup at $600m valuation, sources say
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September 4, 2026
Bessemer and Creandum set to back new AI infrastructure startup at $600m valuation, sources say
The startup was founded last year and designs and provides accelerator clusters for AI training
Anne Sraders
Nvidia backs Spanish spinout IPronics in $125m Series B
News
September 2, 2026
Nvidia backs Spanish spinout IPronics in $125m Series B
The company will use the funding to scale operations and increase commercial deployment
Tom Nugent
Anthropic strikes $45bn deal with Nscale to rent compute capacity
News
August 27, 2026
Anthropic strikes $45bn deal with Nscale to rent compute capacity
The deal comes as Nscale eyes an IPO
Anne Sraders
VCs pick out 19 startups making AI more efficient
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Investor survey
August 24, 2026
VCs pick out 19 startups making AI more efficient
The AI boom means compute resources are struggling to keep up with demand. These startups are working to reduce the cost and energy requirements of models
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
AI model maker Domyn raises over $1bn
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August 20, 2026
AI model maker Domyn raises over $1bn
The funding is made up of 10% equity and 90% debt
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
ASML, Amadeus and others commit to backing Mistral’s data centre buildout
News
August 14, 2026
ASML, Amadeus and others commit to backing Mistral’s data centre buildout
The French scaleup, which launched to build AI models, is increasingly establishing itself as a provider of cloud and compute services in Europe
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
The European startups racing to power the AI boom, mapped
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Market map
July 31, 2026
The European startups racing to power the AI boom, mapped
From nuclear to geothermal to tidal power, Sifted maps the European startups developing new sources of electricity for the continent’s growing data centre buildout
Jonathan Sinclair
EU opens applications for €10bn AI gigafactory scheme
News
July 30, 2026
EU opens applications for €10bn AI gigafactory scheme
Companies and investors can now bid to build AI data centres backed by hundreds of millions of euros in public funding
Martin Coulter
9 neocloud startups to watch, according to investors
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Investor survey
July 23, 2026
9 neocloud startups to watch, according to investors
Investors from Episode 1 Ventures, Giant Ventures, Oldenburg Capital Partners, Northzone and Antler share their picks of the neocloud startups to watch
Tom Nugent
Mistral in talks to raise at €20bn valuation, reports say
News
June 12, 2026
Mistral in talks to raise at €20bn valuation, reports say
The Paris-based company last raised equity funding less than one year ago when it secured a €1.7bn Series C
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Can France’s Stargate-style buildout succeed?
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Analysis
June 11, 2026
Can France’s Stargate-style buildout succeed?
France wants to lead Europe’s buildout of AI compute, but observers say the mega-projects announced so far don’t align with the region's needs
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
UK AI Hardware Plan ‘significant step’ forward, but missing key energy question
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News
June 9, 2026
UK AI Hardware Plan ‘significant step’ forward, but missing key energy question
The AI Hardware Plan sets out how the government will back British companies developing chips and semiconductor technologies
Tom Nugent
SoftBank helps drive record €93bn of foreign investments for ‘Choose France’
News
June 1, 2026
SoftBank helps drive record €93bn of foreign investments for ‘Choose France’
French president Emmanuel Macron gathered hundreds of CEOs, investors and industrial players in annual ‘Choose France’ summit
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Inside Mistral’s billion-dollar bet on building Europe’s AI cloud
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Analysis
May 28, 2026
Inside Mistral’s billion-dollar bet on building Europe’s AI cloud
France’s AI darling is steadily building its infrastructure offering — is it the right move?
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile
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Analysis
May 19, 2026
What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile
US chipmaker Cerebras went public with a 68% IPO day pop last week — and some believe it could bode well for European counterparts
Anne Sraders and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
May 4, 2026
11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
Sifted asked investors from AlbionVC, Oxford Science Enterprises, Imec.xpand and Seedcamp for their picks
Tom Nugent
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
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Analysis
April 20, 2026
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
German AI translation startup DeepL recently partnered with Amazon for its cloud infrastructure, sparking concerns
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Anne Sraders
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
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Analysis
April 13, 2026
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
Ministers face tough choices over energy prices, tech sovereignty and partnerships with Big Tech
Freya Pratty and Martin Coulter
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government
News
April 9, 2026
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government
The project was announced last September
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer
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Features
April 9, 2026
Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer
Securing access to Isambard sllows startups to train far more powerful AI models than their competitors
Freya Pratty

# Data centres

Nscale helped ByteDance subsidiary access Nvidia chips, sidestepping US rules — reports

Cloud startup Verda raises $189m in funding round led by Emergence Capital

Samsung and EU Scaleup Fund back efficient AI startup Euclyd in €200m Series A

Mistral confirms €3bn Series D at €21bn valuation

Bessemer and Creandum set to back new AI infrastructure startup at $600m valuation, sources say

Nvidia backs Spanish spinout IPronics in $125m Series B

Anthropic strikes $45bn deal with Nscale to rent compute capacity

VCs pick out 19 startups making AI more efficient

AI model maker Domyn raises over $1bn

ASML, Amadeus and others commit to backing Mistral’s data centre buildout

The European startups racing to power the AI boom, mapped

EU opens applications for €10bn AI gigafactory scheme

9 neocloud startups to watch, according to investors

Mistral in talks to raise at €20bn valuation, reports say

Can France’s Stargate-style buildout succeed?

UK AI Hardware Plan ‘significant step’ forward, but missing key energy question

SoftBank helps drive record €93bn of foreign investments for ‘Choose France’

Inside Mistral’s billion-dollar bet on building Europe’s AI cloud

What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile

11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs

‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands

OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions

OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government

Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer