Anthropic signs $35B cloud deal with Lambda; Nvidia to supply chips for Texas data center
Anthropic has signed a $35 billion cloud computing deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda, according to sources. Nvidia will hold the lease on and supply chips to a Texas data center built by Hut 8, marking another instance of Nvidia using its financial resources to support a customer.
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Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Anthropic has signed a $35B cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda; Nvidia will hold the lease on and supply chips to a Texas data center built by Hut 8 — Nvidia will supply chips to Texas data center and hold the lease, another example of the company using its financial might to boost a customer
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