Nscale eyes second $45bn deal with Anthropic after Microsoft setback
British AI infrastructure firm, Nscale, is in talks to secure a second $45bn (£33.5bn) computing deal with Anthropic, just a day after Microsoft pulled out of its flagship UK data centre project. The Nvidia-backed company is negotiating an agreement to supply the US AI giant with computing power from a second facility at its Monarch [...]
Nscale, the British AI infrastructure firm, is in talks to secure a second $45bn (£33.5bn) computing deal with US AI giant Anthropic, just a day after Microsoft pulled out of its flagship UK data centre project. The proposed agreement would involve supplying 460 megawatts of capacity powered by Nvidia’s next-generation Vera Rubin chips, potentially doubling Anthropic’s Nscale commitments to almost $90bn.
The talks come at a critical moment for Nscale, which is preparing for a New York stock market listing amid growing scrutiny of the vast sums being spent on AI infrastructure.
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