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Anthropic Reportedly Signs $3.4 Billion Deal for Gas Power Plants to Fuel AI Data Centers
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has reportedly signed a $3.4 billion contract with Texas-based OnePWR Solutions to buy gas-fired power plants for its AI data centers, described as the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab. The move has drawn criticism for locking in decades of fossil-fuel emissions instead of pursuing renewable energy for the industry's rapidly growing electricity needs.
Sarah Mitchell