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title: "Anthropic Pays Nscale $45B for AI Compute After Microsoft Backs Out"
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published_at: "2026-08-26T19:04:30.000Z"
category: "Infra"
topics: ["anthropic","nvidia","chips","infra"]
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summary: "The AI startup will rent 460MW of power from Nscale’s data center in West Virginia over a six year term to secure high-end computing capacity. Anthropic will pay $45 billion for the lease, which utilizes Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips scheduled to come online late next year to support the company's training and inference needs. Nscale is spending $71B to develop the off-grid Monarch compute campus, which includes an initial deal for 2GW of CAT turbines. The current commitment covers a portion of the 1.3GW planned for the first phase of the site, filling a capacity gap after Microsoft withdrew from a previous letter of intent earlier this summer."
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# Anthropic Pays Nscale $45B for AI Compute After Microsoft Backs Out

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**Published:** 2026-08-26T19:04:30.000Z
**Category:** Infra
**Topics:** anthropic, nvidia, chips, infra

## Summary

The AI startup will rent 460MW of power from Nscale’s data center in West Virginia over a six year term to secure high\-end computing capacity\. Anthropic will pay $45 billion for the lease, which utilizes Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips scheduled to come online late next year to support the company's training and inference needs\. Nscale is spending $71B to develop the off\-grid Monarch compute campus, which includes an initial deal for 2GW of CAT turbines\. The current commitment covers a portion of the 1\.3GW planned for the first phase of the site, filling a capacity gap after Microsoft withdrew from a previous letter of intent earlier this summer\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-pays-nscale-45b-for-ai-compute-after-microsoft-backs-out-7a180121>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2092666140803866713>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/DeItaone/status/2092657019962507740>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/2092669778251194676>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/2092666731298750478>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/2092662291200360760>)