Anthropic Commits $50 Billion to Build AI Data Centers in US

Caroline Hyde, BTech Co-Anchor, discusses Anthropic's commitment of $50 billion to build AI data centers in the United States. Anthropic PBC plans to spend $50 billion to build custom data centers for artificial intelligence work in several US locations, including Texas and New York, the latest expensive pledge for infrastructure to support the AI boom. The new sites, which Anthropic is developing with UK-based Fluidstack Ltd., will start coming online throughout 2026, the company said Wednesday in a statement. The project marks the first major data center build-out that the AI firm has taken on directly, rather than through cloud-computing partners such as Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The OpenAI rival said the data center projects will advance the Trump administration’s goals of “maintaining American AI leadership” by “strengthening domestic technology infrastructure.” Anthropic said it aims to create 800 permanent jobs and 2,400 construction jobs at the planned sites. Fluidstack, a startup that sells AI cloud-computing services, will provide “gigawatts” of power as part of the projects, the companies said in the statement. “We’re getting closer to AI that can accelerate scientific discovery and help solve complex problems in ways that weren’t possible before,” Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive officer and co-founder, said in the statement. “These sites will help us build more capable AI systems that can drive those breakthroughs, while creating American jobs.” OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc., Google, Microsoft Corp., Nvidia Corp. and other leading tech companies plan to collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers to support AI. Early this year, OpenAI said it would spend $500 billion on US projects branded as Stargate, which the company has since expanded to other countries. Meta is building a massive 2GW facility in rural Louisiana, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently said his company plans to spend $600 billion in the US on data centers, other infrastructure and jobs over the next few years. Those investments come as some investors question whether the spending is excessive on a technology that hasn’t yet produced a profit-making business model. OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar downplayed those concerns last week, saying “I don’t think there’s enough exuberance about AI, when I think about the actual practical implications and what it can do for individuals.” -------- Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube Weekdays 7am-6pm ET WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio Subscribe to our Podcasts: Bloomberg Daybreak: http://bit.ly/3DWYoAN Bloomberg Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3OPtReI Bloomberg Intelligence: http://bit.ly/3YrBfOi Balance of Power: http://bit.ly/3OO8eLC Bloomberg Businessweek: http://bit.ly/3IPl60i Listen on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with the Bloomberg Business app: Apple CarPlay: https://apple.co/486mghI Android Auto: https://bit.ly/49benZy Visit our YouTube channels: Bloomberg Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/bloombergpodcasts Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake