Anthropic moves to secure $3.4 billion in gas power equipment for AI
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has taken over Caterpillar gas generator orders worth $3.4 billion to power its data centers.
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What happened
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has taken over Caterpillar gas generator orders worth $3.4 billion to power its data centers. Caterpillar's shares rose 6.61% on Nov 9 as the news spread.
Why it matters
The deal is meant to secure electricity for Anthropic's data centers. Reports describe it as the company buying the equipment itself rather than renting power it had first planned to buy.
Timeline
- Late September: Anthropic signs an agreement to acquire 1.7 gigawatts of gas generators from OnePWR Solutions for $3.4 billion.
- Nov 9, 2:04 PM ET: Caterpillar's stock jumps 6.61% as the market takes in Anthropic's takeover of the $3.4 billion generator order.
Coverage
- Anthropic Just Committed a Shocking Crime Against the Environment (futurism.com)
- Caterpillar Stocks Jump 6.61% as Anthropic Takes Over $3.4 Billion Generator Order (Yahoo News)
- Anthropic Drops $3.4B on Gas Turbines Amid AI Power Crunch (The Tech Buzz)
- Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines (Tim De Chant)
- Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas generators to power its data centers (qz.com)
- Anthropic Was Going to Rent This Power. It Bought the Generators (businessmodelanalyst.com)
- Anthropic expands natgas footprint with multi-billion dollar purchase (Quantum Commodity Intelligence)
- Anthropic’s Reported $3.4 Billion Generator Deal Shows What It Takes to Power AI (kingy.ai)
- Anthropic Secures $3.4 Billion of Generators for AI Data Centers in Direct Power Infrastructure Push (en.bloomingbit.io)
- Anthropic’s Reported $3.4 Billion Power Move: Read the Equipment Order Before the Electric Bill (energynewsbeat.co)
- Anthropic Plant Burns Same As 1.3 Million Cars (Yahoo News)
- Anthropic pays $3.4 billion to jump the queue for gas generators to power its AI (martincid.com)
- Anthropic strikes $3.4B generator deal to secure data center power: FT (seekingalpha.com)
- Anthropic's 1.7GW Gas Buy Is 4x a China AI Campus's Wind (fourweekmba.com)
- Anthropic Agrees to $3.4 Billion Gas-Generator Deal, FT Reports (theminermag.com)
- Anthropic Secures $3.4B Gas Power Deal to Fuel AI Data Centers, IPO Valuation Drops to $1.2T (bravenewcoin.com)
- Anthropic secures $3.4 billion generator deal for AI data centers, FT reports (Reuters)
- Anthropic’s $3.4B Deal Is 99% of Cat’s Q3 Power-Gen Sales (fourweekmba.com)
- Anthropic Buys 1.7GW of Pre-Ordered Gas Generators for $3.4B (fourweekmba.com)
- Anthropic reportedly strikes $3.4 billion deal for gas-fired power at data centres (Investing.com)
- Anthropic strikes $3.4 billion deal for data center generators, FT reports (TradingView)
- Anthropic strikes $3.4bn deal to generate gas-fired power for data centres (Financial Times)
- Anthropic buys $3.4 billion in gas power equipment before IPO
- Data center builders turn to used turbines and jet engines
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