Anthropic and OpenAI seek smaller data centers while gigawatt sites wait
The labs are exploring 20-30 MW deployments as inference demand outruns the timetable for gigawatt campuses.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: CNBC
Why it matters
Anthropic and OpenAI are turning compute procurement into portfolio management. Smaller powered sites can put inference capacity online sooner, tying product growth to leaders who can secure electricity, chips and delivery dates.
Anthropic, co-founded by CEO Dario Amodei, and OpenAI, co-founded by CEO Sam Altman, are exploring data center deployments of roughly 20-30 megawatts in a bid to bring AI capacity online faster, CNBC reported on September 18th.…
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