Anthropic has reportedly agreed to pay about $3.4 billion to take over gas-generator orders covering 1.7 gigawatts for its data centers. Reuters reported the deal on November 8, citing the Financial Times.
OnePWR Solutions needed financing to complete its Caterpillar purchase, Data Center Dynamics reported. The Texas equipment supplier had ordered the generators two years earlier, before recent price increases.
Anthropic develops Claude, which businesses and developers use to write software, analyze information and build AI applications. Its IPO filing says most revenue comes from fees tied to usage, with subscriptions providing another source of sales.
Anthropic’s October 26 IPO filing warned that its infrastructure expansion can require paying separate suppliers before their equipment and services can be combined into usable computing capacity. Historically, it generally paid cloud providers as capacity became available.
OnePWR will help install the generators, providing engineering and construction support. Data Center Dynamics said the equipment is expected to be available within two years.