Nscale

Nscale, an AI computing company.

In August 2026 Anthropic signed a deal to rent about $45 billion of AI computing from Nscale, covering about 460 megawatts.

It builds and rents out data centres full of AI chips.

It is one of the suppliers Anthropic is spreading its computing across, alongside Musk's SpaceXAI and Lambda.

Aug 26, 2026 — Anthropic signed a deal to rent about $45bn of AI computing from Nscale, a source told TechCrunch. (techcrunch.com)
Sept 18, 2026 — Anthropic and OpenAI are looking for smaller computing deals of 20-30MW (megawatts), CNBC reported. Anthropic's roughly $45bn Nscale deal covers about 460MW. (cnbc.com)

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  2026-08-26 — Anthropic signed a deal to rent about $45bn of AI compute from Nscale (source to TechCrunch).
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  2026-09-18 — CNBC: Anthropic and OpenAI looking for smaller 20-30MW compute deals; Anthropic's roughly $45bn Nscale deal covers about 460MW.
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  2026-08-26 — Anthropic signed a deal to rent about $45bn of AI compute from Nscale (source to TechCrunch).