AMD and Anthropic reach $5 billion AI infrastructure deal

AMD will invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic as part of a strategic partnership to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the Helios rack-scale system, with the first gigawatt planned for the first half of 2027. The companies will also launch a multi-year engineering collaboration where AMD will use Anthropic's Claude across its software development and product development. 'By partnering with AMD across the stack, we are securing the capacity we need and optimizing it for training and serving Claude,' said Tom Brown, Anthropic cofounder and chief compute officer.

AMD says it’s going to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while helping to expand the AI company’s computing power, according to an announcement on Wednesday https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1292/amd-and-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deploy-up-to-2-gigawatts-of-amd-instinct-mi450-series-gpus . As part of the new partnership, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the chipmaker’s new Helios rack-scale system, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amd-and-anthropic-sign-major-chips-and-investment-deal-4adfdc45 . AMD and Anthropic reach $5 billion AI infrastructure deal As part of the agreement, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD’s AI GPUs. As part of the agreement, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD’s AI GPUs. The companies plan to deploy the first gigawatt in the first half of 2027, building upon recent data center deals Anthropic has reached with SpaceX /science/935229/spacex-anthropic-ipo-ai-capacity-deal-colossus and TeraWulf /ai-artificial-intelligence/961722/anthropic-signs-20-year-lease-agreement-for-an-ai-data-center-in-kentucky . Anthropic has also signed AI infrastructure deals with Google, Broadcom /ai-artificial-intelligence/907810/anthropic-has-signed-a-big-ai-infrastructure-deal-with-google-and-broadcom , and Amazon https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-amazon-compute , with rumors suggesting /tech/967281/meta-reportedly-considers-leasing-computing-power-to-anthropic that it could reach an agreement with Meta as well. AMD and Anthropic will also launch a “multi-year engineering collaboration,” where AMD will use Anthropic’s Claude across its software development, engineering, and product development. “By partnering with AMD across the stack, we are securing the capacity we need and optimizing it for training and serving Claude,” Tom Brown, Anthropic cofounder and chief compute officer, says in the press release. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Most Popular - The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove - The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets - Apple’s rumored ‘Upgrade’ program brings lease-to-own pricing for iPhones, Macs, and iPads - Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over - Garmin’s new screen-free fitness tracker doesn’t require a subscription