Leaked Anthropic filing shows trouble securing cloud capacity
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On October 21, TechCrunch reported on a leaked S-1 filing obtained by The Wall Street Journal. Anthropic is struggling to get enough cloud capacity from AWS, Google and Microsoft, which increasingly see it as a competitor. The filing shows the company expects cloud contract spending to potentially exceed $750 billion, including deals still under negotiation. To widen its compute sources, Anthropic is leasing its own data centers and working with third-party operators, while worrying about those operators' limited track records and reliability.
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- TechCrunch · AIPickAnthropic's cloud deals get complicated as capacity purchases stall
A leaked S-1 reviewed by The Wall Street Journal says Anthropic cannot get enough cloud capacity from AWS, Google and Microsoft, which increasingly see it as a competitor. The company expects cloud contract spending to exceed $750 billion, including deals still under negotiation. It is also leasing its own data centers and working with third-party operators, but worries those operators have limited track records and may not be reliable.
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