The Claude AI maker is taking over an entire 16-story building in Lower Manhattan, signaling aggressive growth that intersects with crypto-adjacent infrastructure deals
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude model, is leasing an entire 16-story building at 330 Hudson Street in Lower Manhattan. The deal covers roughly 466,000 square feet of office space, a staggering 30x increase from the company’s current New York footprint.
For context, Anthropic currently occupies about 15,500 square feet at 155 Avenue of the Americas, a space it leased in 2024. The current lease at 155 Avenue of the Americas has a potential expiration approaching in 2026, making the timing of this deal practical as much as aspirational.
From startup footprint to tech giant ambitions #
Anthropic had been shopping for between 250,000 and 450,000 square feet of Manhattan office space since as early as January 2026. Landing at the top end of that range tells you something about how quickly the company’s ambitions scaled during the search process.
The company plans to double its New York workforce as part of the move, as confirmed in a July 7, 2026 report by the New York Times.
The TeraWulf connection and why crypto investors should pay attention #
Anthropic recently signed a separate $19 billion, 20-year lease agreement with TeraWulf for AI data center infrastructure in Kentucky.
TeraWulf started life as a Bitcoin mining company. It built out substantial power infrastructure and data center capacity to mine cryptocurrency, then increasingly pivoted toward hosting AI workloads as the economics shifted. The company essentially realized that the same cheap power and cooling infrastructure that makes Bitcoin mining profitable also makes it ideal for running the massive GPU clusters that AI companies need.
The risk is concentration. A $19 billion, 20-year commitment to a single tenant means TeraWulf’s fortunes are now deeply tied to Anthropic’s success. Investors should watch whether TeraWulf maintains a balanced portfolio of AI and crypto mining clients or becomes overly dependent on one relationship.
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