Report: Anthropic staffing up to build as much as 10 gigawatts’ worth of data centers
Anthropic has been hiring a team of executives with a very particular set of skills: building huge data centers. The Information is reporting that Anthropic may be planning to build up to 10 gigawatts of AI computing capacity over several years.
According to the report, Anthropic has hired several former Google executives with deep experience building data centers, which aligns with Anthropic’s heavy use of Google’s tensor processing units.
Ten gigawatts would be incredibly expensive. OpenAI executives reportedly have said that building a 1-gigawatt data center costs about $50 billion — putting the cost of 10 gigawatts in the ballpark of $500 billion. But Anthropic told investors it would spend only $180 billion on AI computing servers through 2029, per the report.
In November, Anthropic announced a deal with Fluidstack to build its first data centers, based in New York and Texas, investing $50 billion in the projects. Anthropic is racing alongside OpenAI to pull off an IPO later this year.
Ten gigawatts would be incredibly expensive. OpenAI executives reportedly have said that building a 1-gigawatt data center costs about $50 billion — putting the cost of 10 gigawatts in the ballpark of $500 billion. But Anthropic told investors it would spend only $180 billion on AI computing servers through 2029, per the report.
In November, Anthropic announced a deal with Fluidstack to build its first data centers, based in New York and Texas, investing $50 billion in the projects. Anthropic is racing alongside OpenAI to pull off an IPO later this year.
