Meta In Talks To Lease Computing Power To Anthropic In Potential $10 Billion Deal

Meta is in early talks to lease computing power to AI startup Anthropic in a potential $10 billion deal, as Meta seeks to monetize its massive AI infrastructure spending. The deal would help Anthropic secure access to AI chips amid industry shortages, following its recent compute agreement with SpaceX.

Anthropic is reportedly in very early talks to lease computing power from Meta in a potential deal worth around $10 billion. The discussions follow Anthropic's recent compute deal with SpaceX and come as Meta explores selling excess AI capacity as part of a broader push to turn its massive infrastructure spending into a cloud business. CNBC reports: Access to enough AI chips remains a challenge for firms like Anthropic, which places usage limits on its most advanced models like Fable. ... Meta could spend as much as $145 billion on capital expenditures, including for AI infrastructure, in 2026. Last October, Zuckerberg said that companies are regularly "asking if we have compute that they could buy from us at some premium to what we've bought it at." Read more of this story https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/17/1732212/meta-in-talks-to-lease-computing-power-to-anthropic-in-potential-10-billion-deal?utm source=rss1.0moreanon&utm medium=feed at Slashdot.