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Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic
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Fusion42 · 2 May 2026 · Fusion42 review
Coatue, a major venture capital and hedge fund firm, has launched Next Frontier to acquire land near power sources for data center development, reportedly in coordination with Fluidstack to support Anthropic's infrastructure needs amid a broader AI data center building boom.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models, AI Infrastructure and Cloud Infrastructure.
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Major VCs are moving upstream into data center real estate and infrastructure ownership, signaling that AI compute capacity and its enabling assets are becoming core competitive leverage—founders should understand how infrastructure consolidation affects AI startup leverage and sustainability.
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