{
  "id": 145676,
  "title": "Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/anthropic-signs-10b-deal-with-ai-cloud-startup-volta",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-04T19:48:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/anthropic-signs-10-billion-deal-with-ai-cloud-startup-volta/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic, an AI cloud startup, has reportedly signed a $10 billion deal with another AI cloud provider, Volta. The partnership, which spans six years, will see Volta supply cloud compute to Anthropic. Volta, a relatively new player in the field, has a partner in this deal - Bitdeer, a crypto-mining company. Together, they will develop a data center in Norway with a capacity of 133 megawatts. This facility will be powered by Nvidia’s state-of-the-art AI chip architecture, the Vera Rubin systems. Volta is part of Nvidia’s Cloud Partner program, which is a consortium of AI cloud providers that utilize Nvidia’s GPUs in their data centers. Bitdeer had previously mentioned an agreement with an AI lab, but hadn't disclosed the identity of the specific company involved. The news of the deal was first reported by Bloomberg through anonymous sources. TechCrunch reached out to Anthropic for further details. Anthropic has been actively expanding its compute capacity in recent months as it competes with other tech giants. The company has also recently secured new compute deals with SpaceX and Amazon.",
  "summary": "Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "AI cloud startup Volta raised $300M co-led by a16z and Altimeter at a $2.4B valuation and says it landed a $10B contract with an unnamed leading AI developer (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/ai-cloud-startup-volta-raised-300m-co-led-by-a16z-and-altimeter-at-a",
        "published": "2026-08-04T11:35:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Anthropic inks $10 billion computing deal with new cloud startup Volta Infra",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/anthropic-inks-10-billion-computing-deal-with-new-cloud-startup-volta",
        "published": "2026-08-04T12:33:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "AI cloud startup Volta valued at $2.4 billion, announces $10 billion AI partnership",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/ai-cloud-startup-volta-valued-at-2-4-billion-announces-10-billion-ai",
        "published": "2026-08-04T14:42:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}