ChronoScale–Microsoft 50 MW AI compute deployment
Company: Applied Digital
The claim, verbatim
ChronoScale, Applied Digital's ~96%-owned subsidiary, announced plans with Microsoft for a 50 MW AI compute deployment in North America featuring NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems and liquid cooling.
Source (primary)
applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq127earningsrelease.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “ChronoScale announced plans with Microsoft for a 50 MW AI compute deployment in North America featuring NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems and liquid cooling”
How we checked this
Checked on October 9, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release states Applied Digital owns about 96% of ChronoScale and describes the Microsoft deployment as claimed.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital owns approximately 96% of ChronoScale
- ChronoScale announced plans with Microsoft for a 50 MW AI compute deployment
- The deployment is in North America
- The deployment features NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems and liquid cooling
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487926000057/apldq127earningsrelease.htm) in full (40,083 characters, retrieved October 8, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms applied-digital 8-K exhibit (apldq127earningsrelease.htm)
Quote: “ChronoScale announced plans with Microsoft for a 50 MW AI compute deployment in North America featuring NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems and liquid cooling”