Anthropic has agreed to pay Nscale $45B over six years to rent about
Sources: Anthropic has agreed to pay Nscale $45B over six years to rent about 460MW of power at a West Virginia data center using Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips
TL;DRAnthropic is spending $45B on six years of AI computing power from a West Virginia data center.
Why it matters: Shows the massive infrastructure costs AI labs face and Nvidia's dominance in powering the AI arms race.

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TL;DRMeta paying $18 billion to settle claims it deliberately hooked teen users.
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