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Anthropic has reportedly secured commitments for 1.7 gigawatts of gas-fired generators for its AI data centres, in a deal valued at about $3.4 billion. The reported arrangement includes engineering and construction capabilities to help install them, but Anthropic did not acquire the supplier, OnePWR Solutions.
Why it mattersCNBC says the Financial Times reported the deal, citing a person familiar with the matter. Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report, and Anthropic and OnePWR did not respond to requests for comment. For a company racing to secure power for AI computing, this is a sizeable infrastructure move. The generators are commitments, not evidence that the capacity is already installed and running.
Discuss: Should AI companies secure their own gas-fired power capacity to meet demand, or should new data-centre growth depend on cleaner electricity being available first?
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Anthropic Watch Update What changedTom’s Hardware reports that Anthropic is taking over generator commitments placed with Caterpillar by OnePWR Solutions roughly two years ago. The reported $3.4bn arrangement includes the engineering and construction work needed to install the equipment; Anthropic is not buying OnePWR itself.
That detail changes the shape of the deal: rather than joining the queue with a fresh equipment order, Anthropic is taking over commitments already in the pipeline. Tom’s Hardware says the earlier orders needed additional financing.
The report says average US delivery times for large turbines and generators have reached six years, with some prospective orders extending into 2030 or 2031. Those figures put the practical value of taking over an existing order in sharp relief, though the reported capacity is not evidence that the generators are installed or producing power.
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- Anthropic skips six-year waitlist with massive $3.4 billion gas turbine generator deal — firm takes over OnePWR's orders, secures 1.7GW of capacity to power AI data centers - Tom's: Tom’s Hardware reports that Anthropic is taking over OnePWR’s existing Caterpillar generator commitments, which were placed roughly two years ago and required additional financing, as part of the reported $3.4bn arrangement.
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