Anthropic pursues data centre leases, seeks financial backing from Google: Report
AI startup Anthropic is securing leases for over 1 GW of data center capacity to support its growing computing needs. The company is reportedly seeking financial guarantees from Google for these leases as it prepares for a potential IPO.
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This highlights the massive infrastructure investment required to scale generative AI and the deepening financial ties between major AI labs and cloud providers.
Anthropic, the creator of the Claude Code AI assistant, has signed more than a dozen preliminary agreements to lease U.S. data centres with a combined capacity of more than 1 GW, The Information reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of the plans.
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