Anthropic has agreed to pay $45 billion over six years to rent AI computing power from Nscale, according to multiple reports. The capacity is tied to Nscale’s flagship data center development in West Virginia and is described as covering about 460 megawatts of power.
Nscale is a London-based company preparing for a potential U.S. listing as soon as next month, and outlets frame the deal as part of Anthropic’s effort to secure large-scale compute capacity ahead of its own expansion. Bloomberg reports the arrangement as the latest step in that context and ties it to capacity planning before going public. The outlets do not provide additional confirmed details on pricing structure beyond the overall $45 billion commitment, and they largely rely on unnamed sources for the figures and timeline.
One report also adds that Nscale’s facility is expected to begin operating in late 2027, while other coverage focuses more directly on the size and duration of Anthropic’s commitment.
