Anthropic secures $3.4 billion of gas generators, "largest known single purchase by an AI lab"
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Anthropic has agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generators to power data centers, the Financial Times reported, calling it the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab.
Per the FT and Reuters on Nov. 8, Anthropic took over a contract from San Antonio-based OnePWR Solutions for 1.7 gigawatts of generators ordered from Caterpillar about two years ago, signed in late September. What it acquired is the order slot, not the company. Anthropic and OnePWR did not confirm the deal, and Reuters said it could not independently verify it.
Anthropic's IPO filing says some data centers would run on dedicated on-site gas generation and that the company bears fuel-price and supply risk on a pass-through basis.
On X, a Kalshi post on the deal drew about 1,700 likes. Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus wrote, "anthropic sure does care about the environment" (about 500 likes).
“Anthropic has agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generators for data centers, the FT reported, in what it described as the largest known single purchase of power-g…”
