Anthropic buys $3.4 billion in gas power equipment before IPO
Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion for generator commitments totaling 1.7 gigawatts, orders originally placed by OnePWR Solutions for Caterpillar equipment.
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What happened
Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion for generator commitments totaling 1.7 gigawatts, orders originally placed by OnePWR Solutions for Caterpillar equipment. The deal was signed in late September and reported in early November. Caterpillar's shares jumped 6.61% after the news, and Fortune reported the deal ahead of Anthropic's estimated $1.3 trillion IPO.
Why it matters
Yahoo News questioned how the purchase fits with the company's clean-energy commitments.
Timeline
- Late September: Anthropic agreed to a $3.4 billion deal taking over OnePWR Solutions' orders for 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty gas generators.
- Nov 10, 3:33 PM ET: Fortune described the deal as the largest of its kind, made ahead of Anthropic's planned IPO, estimated at $1.3 trillion.
Coverage
- Anthropic inks $3.4 billion deal for gas-powered data centers—the largest of its kind—to secure AI autonomy ahead of planned IPO (fortune.com)
- Caterpillar Is the Quiet Winner in Anthropic’s IPO: a $3.4 Billion Generator Order (Yahoo News)
- Voters Across 10 States Rejected Data Centers, but Anthropic Is Buying Gas Power Anyway! (Yahoo News)
- Anthropic Makes $3.4 Billion Power Bet As Electricity Concerns Grow (gurufocus.com)
- Anthropic Reported to Buy Gas Turbines as AI Power Access Tightens (unite.ai)
- Anthropic Just Made a $3.4 Billion Bet on Gas Power to Keep Its AI Running (gadgetreview.com)
- Anthropic takes over $3.4 billion Caterpillar generator orders (Mezha)
- Anthropic skips six-year waitlist with massive $3.4 billion gas turbine generator deal — firm takes over OnePWR's orders, secures 1.7GW of capacity to power AI data centers (tomshardware.com)
- Anthropic buys $3.4bn in gas generators for data centres (Aytun Çelebi)
- Anthropic buys billions in gas generators for data centers (techzine.eu)
- Anthropic Secures $3.4 Billion Power Deal with OnePWR (MT Newswires)
- Anthropic buys US$3.4B in generators for AI data centers (digitimes.com)
- Anthropic Secures $3.4 Billion Deal for Data Center Power Supply (ForkLog)
- Anthropic AI Data Center: Firm Secures $3.4B Gas Generator Deal (abraham)
- Anthropic Bypasses Grid with $3.4 Billion Generator Purchase (Park Ji-min)
- Anthropic Secures 1.7GW of Gas Generators Worth approximately $3.4 Billion Directly, Intensifying AI Power Race (BigGo Finance)
- Anthropic will spend $3.4 billion on gas-powered generators for data centers (ua.news)
- Anthropic Invests $3.4 Billion in Gas Generators for Data Centers (gurufocus.com)
- Anthropic Agrees to $3.4 Billion Gas-Generator Deal, FT Reports (theenergymag.com)
- Anthropic secures $3.4 billion generator deal for AI data centers, FT reports (CNBC)
- Anthropic Buys $3.4B in Generators (briefs.co)
- Anthropic moves to secure $3.4 billion in gas power equipment for AI
- Data center builders turn to used turbines and jet engines
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