The German company Northern Data AG is planning an IPO in the United States of its AI division with a valuation of up to $16 billion. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to sources.
According to the agency, on the eve of the upcoming public offering, the company is negotiating with potential consultants for combined areas in the field of cloud computing and data processing using artificial intelligence.
In the first half of 2025, Nasdaq plans to launch an IPO of an organization that includes two divisions:
Taiga is engaged in cloud computing;Ardent is responsible for data centers.Banks are offering an estimate of $10-16 billion, Bloomberg added. Northern Data is considering selling a minority stake to investors before listing on the stock exchange.
The discussion of the plan is still in progress, so conditions may change, the agency stressed.
In November last year, Northern Data informed analysts and investors about the possibility of conducting an IPO only of its cloud division, regardless of the bitcoin mining business, Bloomberg writes.
In May, the American division of Peak Mining, a digital asset mining company, bought a site with access to 300 MW of capacity in Texas. In total, the company has almost 700 MW for data centers under active construction or development, which makes it one of the largest miners in the United States, the agency noted.
In November last year, Northern Data entered into an agreement with Tether to receive loan financing in the amount of €575 million. These funds are intended to purchase equipment for the Taiga Cloud division, which offers cloud computing services to generative AI projects in Europe. Funding will also be directed to the expansion of Ardent Data Centers and scaling of Peak Mining.
Recall, according to the forecast of Bitwise analyst, by 2030, global GDP will increase by $20 trillion due to the digital asset and artificial intelligence industries.