# Figure and Nscale Sign Strategic Agreement to Deploy Up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin Platform GPUs

- Source: Figure AI
- Published: 2026-09-03T06:03:00.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/l6ebzu8aine49qlt6xx7yxgir
- Original: https://www.figure.ai/news/figure-and-nscale-sign-strategic-partnership

## Summary

Figure announced a strategic partnership with Nscale to deploy up to 100,000 GPUs on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform, with initial deployment targeted to begin in Barstow, Texas, in the second half of 2027, an initial compute commitment of $3.5 billion and intent to expand to more than $6 billion.

## Why it matters

The original text provides first-hand information such as the scale of the partnership, the amounts, and the deployment timeline, which readers can use to understand Figure's specific arrangements for acquiring compute to train Helix.