# Anthropic to rent $45 billion in AI computing power from Nscale, source says

https://mins.news/en/item/33690

- Reuters, 2026-08-26 23:05 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropic-pay-nscale-45-billion-rent-ai-computing-power-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-08-26/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a8f71288f085800017b411b

> Anthropic will spend $45 billion to rent AI cloud computing capacity from Nscale’s data-center campus in West Virginia, according to a person familiar with the matter. The AI startup is preparing for a major initial public offering.

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