Aker announces a major customer contract signed by its second largest portfolio holding

August 26, 2026 -- Aker ASA announces that its second largest portfolio holding, Nscale, has signed a major contract with an undisclosed customer to provide AI compute capacity at its Monarch site in the United States. The contract represents a total contract value of around USD 45 billion.

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