Nov 10 (Reuters) - Video platform Rumble is set
to acquire German artificial intelligence cloud company Northern
Data ( NDTAF ) in an all-stock transaction worth $766.86 million,
the companies said on Monday.
For each Northern Data ( NDTAF ) 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 ( NDTAF ) will delist itself.
Rumble, which hosts U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth
Social, in August made an offer to acquire Northern Data ( NDTAF ),
seeking control of the German company's Taiga business and its
large-scale data center arm, Ardent.