Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda

Anthropic has signed ​a cloud-computing deal worth $35 ​billion with Lambda, a cloud provider backed by ​Nvidia, for a Texas data center, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The project is being developed in Nueces County by crypto-mining-turned-AI ‌data centre ⁠company Hut ⁠8 and covers a capacity of about 350 megawatts, the source said, ​speaking on condition of anonymity as the information is not public.

Anthropic, Nvidia, ​Hut 8 and Lambda did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment outside regular business hours.