# Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center, Anthropic News, Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/nvidia-backs-openai-data-center-anthropic-news-google-buys-s-ytpw>
> Published: 2026-08-18 10:00:00+00:00

# Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center, Anthropic News, Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data

By Ben ThompsonSource:

[Stratechery](https://stratechery.com)[Nvidia](/glossary/nvidia) makes another deal, this time with a frontier lab; [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic)'s revenue continues to amaze; and maybe data finally is oil.

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