Anthropic pursues data center leases, seeks financial backing from Google, The Information reports

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June 11 - AI firm Anthropic is planning to lease and manage its own data centers and is seeking financial backing from Alphabet's Google for the lease payments, The Information reported on Thursday.

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• Anthropic, the creator of the Claude Code AI assistant, has signed more than a dozen preliminary agreements to lease U.S. data centers with a combined capacity of more than 1 GW, The Information reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of the plans.

• The AI startup's executives have also discussed an arrangement under which backer Google, which co-designs some of the server chips Anthropic could use in the facilities, would provide a financial guarantee for its lease payments, the report said.

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• In an emailed response, Google said it does not comment on rumors or speculation, while Anthropic did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.

• Strong demand for its Claude family of AI models has prompted Anthropic to sign several major deals to expand computing capacity, as it gears up for an IPO.

• Earlier this month, Anthropic said it had confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, without disclosing the size or the terms of the offering.

• Alphabet planned to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the AI startup said in April.

• Anthropic last raised funds in late May, securing $65 billion at a post-money valuation of $965 billion, putting it ahead of OpenAI.

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