Anthropic buys gas turbines for $3.4 billion for the first time instead of renting capacity
Anthropic, which has historically preferred to rent computing capacity, will spend $3.4 billion on Caterpillar gas turbines with a capacity of up to 1.7 GW. The company turned to buying physical infrastructure due to energy scarcity: the turbine queue stretches into the early 2030s, and grid connections are delayed.
Otabek Yusupov