Stablecoin-backed Rumble makes disruptive move with acquisition of Northern Data
Early this morning, U.S. based “alt-tech” video-sharing platform Rumble, which hosts President Trump’s Truth Social platform, announced it would acquire Germany’s Northern Data in a deal valued at up to $970 million.
The combination of Rumble’s “Freedom-First” initiative, stablecoin issuer Tether’s vision for decentralized AI, and Northern Data’s significant AI infrastructure assets could be disruptive because it aims to bypass existing centralized hyperscalers with its own full-stack, independent AI infrastructure. Tether and Rumble are aligned in their definition of privacy and free speech as they seek more control of data and infrastructure.
With this news, Rumble moves closer to offering a complete AI ecosystem, leveraging Northern Data’s assets, which includes one of Europe’s largest Nvidia GPU fleets, as well as multiple data centers. In acquiring Northern Data’s Nvidia H100s and H200s, the video-sharing platform bolsters its ability to train and run sophisticated AI models. Additionally, with four Northern Data collocated data centers, it gets 850MW of power and high-density, liquid-cooled compute architecture. If Rumble succeeds in building a full-stack cloud platform, it can move toward GPUs-as-a-service and expand its content ecosystem with a broader video platform, AI chatbots, and productivity suites.
Susana Schwartz
Technology Editor
RCRTech
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