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Anthropic to rent AI computing power from Nscale for $45 billion, source says
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Fusion42 · 26 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Anthropic has agreed to a six-year deal to rent AI cloud computing power worth $45 billion from Nscale, leveraging Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chips at their West Virginia data center to support its expanding AI services ahead of a major IPO.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure, and 2 sources have reported it.
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The rent deal shows AI startups now outsource their compute at massive scale rather than build. If you supply GPU infrastructure or AI training tools, this opens a new multi-billion dollar customer ready to spend over several years.
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2 sources · 26 Aug 2026
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