Rumble to acquire German AI firm Northern Data for about $767 million

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Rumble to acquire German AI firm Northern Data for about $767 million
(Reuters) -Video platform Rumble is set to acquire German ​artificial intelligence cloud company Northern Data ‌in an all-stock transaction worth $766.86 million,‌ the companies said on Monday.

For each Northern Data share, its shareholders will receive 2.0281 newly-issued Rumble Class A shares.⁠ Shareholders ‌will also own 30.4% of Rumble following the completion of ‍deal.

The deal includes a $150 million graphics processing unit leasing agreement with cryptocurrency group Tether, which ​currently owns 48% of Rumble,‌ as well as $200 million in tax liability support from Rumble.

Following deal completion, Rumble will acquire 22,400 Nvidia GPUs and Northern Data will delist itself.

Rumble, ⁠which hosts U.S. ​President Donald Trump's ​Truth Social, in August made an offer to acquire Northern Data, ‍seeking control ⁠of the German company's Taiga business and its large-scale data center ⁠arm, Ardent.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in ‌Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-‌Phillips and Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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