Rumble rises after it weighs bid for Germany's Northern Data

** Shares of U.S. video platform and cloud services provider Rumble RUM.O rise 6.4% to $8.3 premarket

** Co is considering an offer of about $1.17 billion (1 billion euros) for German AI cloud group Northern Data NB2.DE, according to statements from both companies

** A deal would give RUM control of Northern Data's GPU-rich cloud business, Taiga, and its large-scale data center arm, Ardent, with plans to integrate both into its operations

** YTD, RUM down ~39.5%