{"slug": "anthropic-macquarie-and-gic-form-venture-for-ai-data-centres", "title": "Anthropic, Macquarie and GIC form venture for AI data centres", "summary": "Anthropic has formed a strategic partnership with Macquarie Asset Management and Singaporean wealth fund GIC to build data centres for its Claude AI models, creating a new entity called Theseus Infrastructure to develop AI computing sites with an initial focus in the US. Macquarie and GIC will fund a bulk of the equity for each project, while Anthropic will cover any consumer electricity price hikes from the facilities. The companies did not disclose planned spending or project sizes.", "body_md": "# Anthropic, Macquarie and GIC form venture for AI data centres\n\nThe new entity will serve as a vehicle to develop AI computing sites “with an initial focus” in the US\n\n[LONDON] Anthropic has formed a strategic partnership with Macquarie Asset Management and Singaporean wealth fund GIC to build data centres for the Claude developer.\n\nThe new entity, called Theseus Infrastructure, will serve as a vehicle to develop artificial intelligence computing sites “with an initial focus” in the US, the companies said on Monday (Aug 11).\n\nMacquarie and GIC pledged to fund a bulk of the equity for each project, while Anthropic committed to covering any consumer electricity price hikes from the facilities.\n\nThe companies did not share any details on planned spending or the size of the projects.\n\nBanks and institutional investors are [rushing to back the infrastructure powering AI services](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/banking-finance/tech-in-asia/banks-pour-billions-ai-most-see-no-roi-heres-why), which companies like Anthropic promise will deliver huge economic gains.\n\nThe largest tech companies are spending historic sums on data centres and chips with a similar logic.\n\nAnthropic has made relatively few splashy partnerships for data centre project compared to rival OpenAI, which launched its [Stargate infrastructure joint venture](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/nvidia-invest-us3-billion-stargate-data-centre-developer-lancium-information).\n\nIn 2025, Anthropic, which is prepping for a closely-watched [public listing](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/startups/anthropic-moves-towards-ipo-stepping-race-openai), said it would spend US$50 billion on custom data centres in several US locations, including Texas and New York.\n\nThe company recently obtained a US$35 billion loan to lease computer chips at five data centres, thanks to a backstop from Google. BLOOMBERG\n\nDecoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.\n\nShare with us your feedback on BT's products and services", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-macquarie-and-gic-form-venture-for-ai-data-centres", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/technology/anthropic-macquarie-and-gic-form-venture-ai-data-centres", "published_at": "2026-08-11 00:11:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 00:35:08.080881+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Macquarie Asset Management", "GIC", "Theseus Infrastructure", "OpenAI", "Google"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-macquarie-and-gic-form-venture-for-ai-data-centres", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-macquarie-and-gic-form-venture-for-ai-data-centres.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-macquarie-and-gic-form-venture-for-ai-data-centres.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-macquarie-and-gic-form-venture-for-ai-data-centres.jsonld"}}