WORLDTECHAnthropic agrees $3.4bn gas generator purchase for data centres, FT says
San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic has committed $3.4bn to gas-fired generators that will power its data centres, according to a Financial Times report published on Sunday. The paper calls the purchase the biggest known single acquisition of power equipment by an AI company.
How the generator deal was structured
Anthropic signed the arrangement in late September with OnePWR Solutions, a power supplier in San Antonio, Texas. Citing one person familiar with the matter, the Financial Times puts the large generators at 1.7 gigawatts.
Anthropic had first planned to buy power from OnePWR. Instead, it took over the Caterpillar generator orders that OnePWR had placed in September, along with the work needed to install the machines.
Single-source status of the report
The Next Web, which carried the story, says it has not independently confirmed the deal. The figures therefore rest on the Financial Times' sourcing and have not yet been checked by a second outlet.
Open questions
- Will Anthropic or OnePWR Solutions publicly confirm the $3.4bn agreement?
- Will the 1.7 gigawatts of generators be installed at specific Anthropic data centre sites?