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Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud computing agreement with Lambda
The deal will supply Nvidia chips hosted at a Texas data center developed by Hut 8 to support Claude AI systems.
The short version
- Anthropic has agreed to a $35 billion cloud computing deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda.
- Lambda will deploy Nvidia processors at an approximately 350-megawatt data center developed by Hut 8 in Texas to support Anthropic's Claude AI products.
- The agreement follows several other massive computing contracts Anthropic recently arranged with Nscale, Fluidstack Ltd., and SpaceX.
- Deployment timelines and operational dates for the Texas facility remain unstated in the report.
Key facts
- Anthropic reached a $35 billion cloud-computing agreement with Lambda.[Slashdot]
- Lambda will place Nvidia chips in an estimated 350-megawatt Texas facility under development by Hut 8 to expand capacity for Anthropic's Claude AI products.[Slashdot]
- Hut 8 previously announced 15-year leases for its Texas campus with a base contract value of $19.6 billion with an unnamed investment-grade customer in July.[Slashdot]
- Anthropic's other recent computing commitments include $45 billion with Nscale in West Virginia, $50 billion with Fluidstack Ltd., and $45 billion with SpaceX.[Slashdot]
What remains uncertain
- Specific timelines for hardware deployment and when the Texas facility will become operational for Anthropic were not disclosed.[Slashdot]