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Anthropic Buys Power for AI Data Centres in $3.4B Deal, FT Says
Bloomberg Technology · By Eleanor Thornber ·
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- Anthropic has agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generators for its data centres, according to the FT.
- The purchase reportedly covers commitments for 1.7GW of generators from equipment supplier OnePWR.
- The FT describes it as the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab.
Why it matters
It shows how AI labs are securing scarce power infrastructure directly, bypassing traditional suppliers, which may affect the availability of power capacity for other data centre builders.
Who’s affected
- Data centre operators
- Teams planning AI infrastructure capacity
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- #energy
Anthropic PBC has agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generators for data centers, the FT reported, in what it described as the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab.
Timeline
FT reports Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generator commitments from OnePWR
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Anthropic Buys Power for AI Data Centres in $3.4B Deal, FT Says
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Sources: Anthropic bought commitments for 1.7GW of gas-fired generators from equipment supplier OnePWR for $3.4B, the largest known such purchase by an AI lab (Martha Muir/Financial Times)