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  "id": 7761740,
  "title": "Sources: Anthropic has signed its first Australian data center lease for a planned 2.16GW campus located ~150 miles from Brisbane, set to come online in 2027 (Byron Kaye/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sources-anthropic-has-signed-its-first-australian-data-center-lease",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-16T10:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/anthropic-signs-first-australia-data-centre-agreement-2026-09-16/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Anthropic has signed its first Australian data center lease for a planned 2.16GW campus located approximately 150 miles from Brisbane. The facility, known as the Western Downs Digital Park, is expected to be one of the largest data centers in Australia and will draw as much power as about 1.5 million average Australian households.\n\nThe lease is subject to approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board. According to ABC News AU, the data center will be built near Dalby by a Singaporean developer and is expected to create thousands of ongoing jobs.\n\nAnthropic aims to start using the center in 2027. The company plans to use the site to power its artificial intelligence program Claude to answer user questions. Reuters reports that the deal makes Anthropic the latest AI heavyweight to secure a foothold in Australia, following an offtake agreement OpenAI struck for a Sydney data centre last year. Anthropic's planned valuation is $2.8 trillion, according to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Anthropic signs first Australia data centre agreement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-signs-first-australia-data-centre-agreement",
        "published": "2026-09-16T04:10:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Anthropic Secures Huge Deal For Australia AI Data Centre, Aims To Build One Of The Largest Computing Facilities In The World",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-secures-huge-deal-for-australia-ai-data-centre-aims-to",
        "published": "2026-09-16T05:43:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Major AI company Anthropic signs deal to use $32b Queensland data centre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/major-ai-company-anthropic-signs-deal-to-use-32b-queensland-data",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:18:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Anthropic to build $32 billion mega data centre in Queensland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-to-build-32-billion-mega-data-centre-in-queensland",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:48:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Anthropic to build $32 billion mega data centre in Queensland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-to-build-32-billion-mega-data-centre-in-queensland-7726996",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:48:28.000Z"
      }
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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."
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