Video platform Rumble, which hosts U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social, is weighing boosting its global AI cloud capabilities by acquiring Germany's Northern Data, the companies said. Rumble said it was considering making an offer for the company which would give it control of Northern Data's cloud business,

Rumble Inc. is weighing an offer to buy German data center company Northern Data AG in an all-stock deal valuing the target at about $1.17 billion that would boost the conservative video service’s bid to become a cloud-computing provider.

The video-sharing platform and cloud services provider reported its second-quarter results and said it intends to make an all-stock bid to buy AI cloud-computing group Northern Data for about $1.17 billion.