Verda operates a full-stack AI cloud offering NVIDIA GPU instances, InfiniBand clusters, serverless containers, and storage services. This makes it a neocloud and GPU-cloud infrastructure provider.
DataCrunch rebranded to Verda in November 2025 to signal a shift from self-serve GPU rental to vertically integrated infrastructure. The vertical integration is the differentiator: unlike neoclouds that rent GPU capacity and resell it with a software layer, Verda owns its servers, data centres, networking and developer tooling. Its Finland and Iceland sites run on 100 percent renewable energy with natural cooling, and waste heat from liquid-cooled racks feeds Nordic district heating networks supporting up to 15,000 homes, a structural siting advantage US markets cannot easily replicate. It is one of a small group of NVIDIA Preferred Partners and an Arm AGI CPU launch partner. The number that separates it from most European neoclouds: annualised revenue run rate doubled to over USD 60 million in Q1 2026 and the business is cash-flow positive. It raised USD 117 million in April 2026, equity led by Lifeline Ventures with byFounders, Tesi and Varma, plus Nordic debt, taking total raised to roughly USD 170 to 200 million. Position scores 4 because profitability at this stage is genuinely rare in the segment; it remains a fraction of CoreWeave scale.
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Verda operates a full-stack AI cloud offering NVIDIA GPU instances, InfiniBand clusters, serverless containers, and storage services. This makes it a neocloud and GPU-cloud infrastructure provider. DataCrunch rebranded to Verda in November 2025 to signal a shift from self-serve GPU rental to vertically integrated infrastructure. The vertical integration is the differentiator: unlike neoclouds that rent GPU capacity and resell it with a software layer, Verda owns its servers, data centres, networking and developer tooling. Its Finland and Iceland sites run on 100 percent renewable energy with
Verda is on the AI Core watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 74 out of 100, below the Top 100.
Verda is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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