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Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45 billion deal with Nscale
The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic's white-hot compute-gobbling streak.
TL;DR
- Anthropic signed a $45 billion deal to rent AI compute from British company Nscale.
- The compute capacity will be supplied via Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips and is expected to start in late 2027.
- The deal spans six years and utilizes compute from Nscale's data center in West Virginia.
- This is the latest in a series of significant compute deals for Anthropic, including agreements with Volta, AMD, SpaceX, Amazon, Google, and Broadcom.
- Anthropic is scaling up compute capacity to compete with rivals, particularly OpenAI.