Anthropic to run US data centers, seeks Google lease guarantee
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Anthropic, the team behind the Claude Code AI assistant, is gearing up to run its own massive data centers in the US.
They've lined up more than a dozen deals for facilities with a combined capacity of more than 1 gigawatt of power, pretty huge in tech terms.
Anthropic is also talking with Google for a financial guarantee for its lease payments, and might use some of Google's custom server chips in these new spots.
Anthropic files US IPO after $65B
This big move comes as demand for Claude keeps growing.
Earlier this month, Anthropic quietly filed for a US IPO.
Alphabet has already planned to invest up to $40 billion in possible funding, and just last month, Anthropic raised $65 billion at a whopping $965 billion valuation, putting it ahead of OpenAI.