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Anthropic Buys $3.4B Gas Generators for AI Data Centers

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In Short: Anthropic has secured a $3.4 billion deal with OnePWR Solutions for 1.7 gigawatts of gas-fired generators to power its AI data centers.

Anthropic has secured a $3.4 billion deal with OnePWR Solutions for 1.7 gigawatts of gas-fired generators to power its AI data centers, according to the Financial Times.

Initially, Anthropic planned to buy electricity from OnePWR but opted instead to take over Caterpillar Inc.'s existing gas generators.

This move underscores Anthropic's shift towards controlling a larger share of the infrastructure underpinning its AI work, following a period of reliance on partners for power, chips, data centers, and land.

Anthropic CEO Sam Altman said, 'Finding enough computing power is very clearly the bottleneck for all of our progress,' at a Group of 20 event in September.

Anthropic's deal highlights the critical need for reliable power sources to support its rapid growth.

Anthropic's strategy is aimed at obtaining generating capacity directly rather than going through intermediary suppliers.

Anthropic's move into the energy industry to secure power equipment needed for data centers underscores the growing competition for power-generation capacity.

What this adds

Background

What's confirmed

• Anthropic initially expected to buy electricity from OnePWR, then opted instead to assume OnePWR's existing Caterpillar Inc.
• Anthropic PBC has recently agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generators from OnePWR Solutions.
• This purchase secures 1.7 gigawatts of generator commitments intended for their data centers.
• Agreements with Microsoft provide for payments of up to $43.8 billion, while Anthropic’s existing agreements provide for up to about $44.6 billion.
• Crusoe, a Denver-based AI data center startup that recently raised $3.9 billion, has ended plans to use a new line of stationary power plants developed by fellow Denver company Boom Supersonic.

What's still developing

• Anthropic has lined up a multi billion dollar order for gas generators to support data center buildouts, the FT reported.
• Founded in 2018 as a bitcoin miner that ran on excess natural gas from oil fields, Crusoe has since become one of the biggest builders of AI data centers, including a massive campus in Abilene, Texas, that supplies computing power to OpenAI.
• In 2025, the definition of AI agent shifted from the academic framing of systems that perceive, reason and act to AI company Anthropic’s description of large language models that are capable of using software tools and taking autonomous action.
• A key inflection point came in late 2024, when Anthropic released the Model Context Protocol.
• Anthropic se gasta 3.400 millones en gas: la IA dispara la factura energética Generator orders and waitlists highlighted in deal coverage Four headlines emphasize a reported waitlist, transfer of existing orders, or the choice to buy rather than rent.
• Anthropic has signed a deal to rent about $45 billion in AI compute from Nscale, a British AI infrastructure company, a source familiar with the deal told TechCrunch.

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