Anthropic Buys Power for AI Data Centres in $3.4B Deal, FT Says
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$3.4B for gas-fired generators is AI labs vertically integrating into power, not just compute. If you’re planning large-scale AI workloads, power procurement, fuel mix, and permitting now sit alongside GPU supply as first-order constraints.
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