Anthropic reportedly plans $45B Nscale data center rental, critics call it IPO hype

JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-08-27

According to FirstSquawk, Anthropic plans to rent Nscale's data center for $45 billion. Critic Ed Zitron argues Anthropic is spending on unshipped chips and an unbuilt data center to boost its IPO.

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