Reports published November 5, 2026, said Microsoft declined an option to expand its agreement at Nscale’s Ward County, Texas, data-center development. The existing agreement for about 240 megawatts remained in place, City AM reported; Reuters, in a report carried by WMBD, also said the Texas contract was unaffected.
Keep the figures in their own lanes: the continuing Texas agreement is described in megawatts; Nscale’s separately reported statements of work are valued in dollars and exclude optional extensions.
The existing Texas agreement remained in place
City AM dated the agreement to October 2025, when Microsoft agreed to rent about 240 MW of computing capacity at the Ward County development. The reported decision concerned an option for additional capacity, separate from that existing commitment.
Reuters reporting carried by WMBD placed the decision several months before Nscale’s September 2026 filing. The reports describing the decision were published November 5, 2026.
Nscale’s filing described separate Microsoft work through 2033
Nscale’s pre-IPO financing is a separate part of the company’s capital-market activity; NeoTeo previously covered the financing announcement. Reuters reported that Nscale’s September 2026 filing described Microsoft statements of work signed between September 2025 and April 2026, worth up to about $43.8 billion through December 2033, excluding optional extensions.
