Anthropic secures $3.4 billion generator deal for AI data centres: Report
AI startup Anthropic has secured a $3.4 billion deal for gas-fired power generators to support its growing data center infrastructure. This move is part of a broader strategy to invest over $500 billion in AI infrastructure over the next decade.
Why it matters
The massive investment highlights the extreme energy demands of modern AI development and the infrastructure race among tech companies.
Anthropic has struck a deal worth about $3.4 billion to secure gas-fired power generators for data centres, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The AI startup bought commitments for 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty generators in late September from OnePWR Solutions, a San Antonio, Texas-based equipment supplier, the report said. Anthropic did not acquire OnePWR itself, and none of the supplier’s employees transferred to the AI startup, but the deal included engineering and construction capabilities needed to install the generators, the report added, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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