{
  "id": 4770208,
  "title": "Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/anthropic-signs-35-billion-cloud-deal-with-nvidia-backed-lambda-4770208",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T02:22:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-signs-35-billion-cloud-deal-with-nvidia-backed-lambda/articleshow/133666163.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic, a company behind an AI coding tool called Claude Code, has signed a massive cloud-computing deal worth $35 billion with Lambda, a Texas-based data center provider backed by Nvidia. This agreement is part of Anthropic's strategy to expand its computing power to meet the growing demand for its AI services. The project is being developed in Nueces County and will cover a capacity of about 350 megawatts. Hut 8, a company that previously operated in the crypto-mining industry, is partnering with Anthropic on this venture. The data center will be equipped with Nvidia's advanced chips, a trend driven by the surge in demand for computing infrastructure following the introduction of generative AI services. Anthropic has already allocated $45 billion to rent AI cloud computing power from Nscale's West Virginia data center campus. The deal will ensure Nvidia's capacity is utilized to meet the expanding demand for Anthropic's Claude AI.",
  "summary": "Demand for computing infrastructure has surged following the introduction of generative AI services, prompting technology companies to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers equipped with advanced chips from Nvidia and other manufacturers.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Anthropic has signed a $35B cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda; Nvidia will hold the lease on and supply chips to a Texas data center built by Hut 8 (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/sources-anthropic-has-signed-a-35b-cloud-deal-with-nvidia-backed",
        "published": "2026-08-31T23:40:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda, WSJ reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/anthropic-signs-35-billion-cloud-deal-with-nvidia-backed-lambda-wsj",
        "published": "2026-08-31T23:42:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda, source says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/anthropic-signs-35-billion-cloud-deal-with-nvidia-backed-lambda",
        "published": "2026-08-31T23:59:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Anthropic seals US$35 billion cloud-computing deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda: Bloomberg",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/anthropic-seals-us-35-billion-cloud-computing-deal-with-nvidia-backed",
        "published": "2026-09-01T00:43:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Anthropic seals $44 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/anthropic-seals-44-billion-cloud-deal-with-nvidia-backed-lambda",
        "published": "2026-09-01T01:45:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Anthropic signs US$35bil computing deal with startup backed by Nvidia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/anthropic-signs-us-35bil-computing-deal-with-startup-backed-by-nvidia",
        "published": "2026-09-01T02:39:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Anthropic signs $35b deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda: source",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/anthropic-signs-35b-deal-with-nvidia-backed-lambda-source",
        "published": "2026-09-01T02:40:54.000Z"
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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."
}