
Inside Anthropic's $200B Google Cloud Compute Bet
Anthropic has committed $200 billion to Google Cloud over five years - the largest cloud contract in AI history - alongside a 3.5 GW TPU capacity deal with Google and Broadcom coming online in 2027.
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Google commits up to $40 billion to Anthropic alongside five gigawatts of cloud compute, making it the largest single infrastructure bet in AI history.