Anthropic secures $3.4 billion generator deal for AI data centers, FT reports

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Anthropichas ⁠struck a deal worth about $3.4 ⁠billion to secure gas-fired power generators for data centers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

The AI startup bought commitments for 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty generators in late ⁠September from OnePWR ⁠Solutions, a San Antonio, Texas-based equipment supplier, ⁠the report said.

Anthropic did not acquire OnePWR itself, and none of ⁠the supplier's employees transferred to the AI startup, but the deal included engineering and ⁠construction capabilities needed to install the generators, the report added, citing a person familiar with ⁠the matter.

Reuters could not immediately verifythe report and Anthropic and OnePWR did not respond to requests for comment.

Strong demand ⁠for Anthropic's Claude family of AI models has prompted the company to secure additional computing and power capacity. Reuters reported in September that ⁠Anthropic expects to spend more than $500 billion over the next 10 years building AI infrastructure.

(Reporting by Nethra Sailesh in BengaluruEditing by Andrew Heavens and David Goodman)