Anthropic inks first Australian data center deal: 2.16 GW campus near Brisbane, online 2027
mark_k · x · 2026-09-16
Per Reuters, Anthropic has signed its first Australian data center deal: a planned campus near Brisbane with a staggering 2.16 GW capacity, set to rank among the world's largest computing facilities and begin coming online in 2027.
Author markk highlights the contrast: just last week Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow capability advancement — yet Anthropic is racing to lock in gigawatts. The takeaway: nobody in the AI race is actually slowing down; everyone is securing every available gigawatt.
Related event: Anthropic signs A$32B deal for first Australian data center(4 posts)→
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