Meta Might Lease Compute Power to Anthropic
nordicinst · x · 2026-07-18
The New York Times reports that Meta is in talks to lease compute power to Anthropic, with a potential deal size of around $10 billion.
Such a partnership underscores the expanding demand for external computing resources among top AI companies, signaling that compute supply is becoming a critical commercial variable in the AI race.
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