Anthropic may rent Microsoft AI chips weeks after agreeing to spend $200 billion on Google’s cloud and TPUs

Anthropic is reportedly in early talks to rent server space powered by Microsoft’s custom-designed AI processors. According to a report from The Information, the creator of the Claude chatbot is looking to secure a broader supply of computing infrastructure to meet the rising global demand for its enterprise AI services.

The report claims that by rent Microsoft’s Maia-powered servers, Anthropic is looking to diversify its backend hardware and access to Microsoft’s custom silicon will give the AI startup an alternative to run and train its Claude models without being vulnerable to the industry-wide shortages and high premium costs associated with Nvidia hardware.