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Anthropic in talks for second multibillion-dollar data center deal with Nscale
Anthropic is in talks with Nscale for a second multibillion-dollar data center deal in the U.S., a person familiar told CNBC.
Anthropic is in talks with U.K. neocloud Nscale for a second multibillion-dollar deal to lease computing capacity at a U.S. site, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. The agreement would cover a second 460-megawatt data center at the same West Virginia site as the first deal and could be worth around $45 billion, the person said. Bloomberg first reported the talks. Anthropic declined to comment, and Nscale was approached for comment.
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Anthropic in talks for second multibillion-dollar data center deal with Nscale
Anthropic is in discussions with UK-based neocloud provider Nscale for a second multibillion-dollar deal to lease computing capacity at a site in West Virginia, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC on Tuesday. The agreement would cover a second 460-megawatt data center at the same location as a previous deal between the two companies. The source requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the negotiations publicly. If completed, the deal would extend a series of large compute agreements Anthropic has signed over the past year as demand for AI infrastructure grows.