Figure AI Signs $3.5B Nscale Compute Deal for 100,000 Vera Rubin GPUs, Scalable to $6B

Figure and Nscale signed a strategic partnership on Sept 3 to deploy up to 100,000 Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs, with an initial $3.5B compute commitment and intent to scale past $6B. Initial deployment is targeted for H2 2027 in Barstow, Texas, and Nscale is taking equity in Figure and becoming its preferred compute provider. Figure CEO Brett Adcock said the company is now bound primarily by 'data and compute' to train its Helix humanoid model.