Nscale, an upstart cloud provider heavily backed by Nvidia whose customers include OpenAI and Microsoft, is in talks to take control of one of the largest available sites for AI data centers in the U.S., according to people with knowledge of the talks and fundraising documents viewed by The Information.

A deal to buy the site, located in West Virginia, would make the young U.K.-based cloud provider a major force in American AI infrastructure almost overnight. The Mason County, W.Va., site is particularly valuable because it has cleared local regulatory hurdles and secured power equipment for the first phases of the project, Nscale told investors.