AI firm Anthropic is planning to lease and manage its own data centers, reportedly signing preliminary agreements for over 1 GW of U.S. capacity. The company is seeking financial backing from Alphabet's Google for lease payments, with Google potentially providing a financial guarantee.
Anthropic's expansion into managing its own data centers, supported by Google, signals a significant scaling of its AI infrastructure to meet growing demand for its models and prepare for a potential IPO.
AI firm Anthropic is reportedly planning to lease and manage its own data centers, a move that would significantly expand its computing capacity. The company is seeking financial backing from Alphabet's Google to cover lease payments for these facilities.
According to The Information, Anthropic has signed preliminary agreements for more than a dozen U.S. data centers, totaling over 1 GW of capacity. Executives have discussed an arrangement where Google, a key backer and co-designer of server chips Anthropic may use, would provide a financial guarantee for the leases.
Google declined to comment on the report, while Anthropic did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The expansion plans come as Anthropic, creator of the Claude AI models, gears up for a potential IPO, having confidentially filed for a U.S. listing earlier this month.
This development follows Alphabet's previously announced plan to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic. In late May, Anthropic secured $65 billion in funding at a post-money valuation of $965 billion.
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