Anthropic is rumored to have spent more than 100 billion yuan to purchase generators to power the AI data center

The Financial Times reported that American artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has finalized a US$3.4 billion (approximately NT$111.4 billion) agreement to purchase generators to power AI data centers.

The Financial Times quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Anthropic obtained a commitment to purchase heavy-duty generators with a total power generation capacity of 1.7 GW (gigawatt, million kilowatts) from Texas power generation equipment supplier OnePWR Solutions at the end of September.

Anthropic did not acquire the company, and no employees from the supplier were transferred to Anthropic. The deal also includes the engineering and construction capabilities required to install the generators.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Anthropic and OnePWR have not yet responded to media requests for comment.

The current strong external demand for Anthropic's Claude series of AI models has led the company to actively seek additional computing power and electricity production capacity.

Reuters reported in September that Anthropic expects to invest more than $500 billion in the next 10 years to build AI infrastructure.