AMD is investing $5 billion in Anthropic and deploying 2 gigawatts of Helios GPUs to run Claude
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AMD’s up-to-$5B into Anthropic and 2 GW of MI450 Helios capacity is a long-term supply pact—model providers are locking in bespoke silicon at power-plant scale. If you’re a large AI buyer, start negotiating for capacity and energy terms, not just list-price discounts; the constraint is shifting to watts and rackspace.
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