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NScale, Anthropic in Talks for $45B AI Computing Deal

Bloomberg Technology Tuesday 20 October 2026, 17:14 UTC 1 min read
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Oct 20th, 2026 NScale, Anthropic in Talks for $45B AI Computing Deal Anthropic is in talks with Nscale for a massive new computing deal that could be worth as much as $45 billion. The deal would be for a second facility at Nscale's Monarch data center campus in West Virginia, which would deliver 460 megawatts of computing power using Nvidia's advanced Vera Rubin AI chips. Bloomberg's Bailey Lipschultz joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

Oct 20th, 2026 NScale, Anthropic in Talks for $45B AI Computing Deal Anthropic is in talks with Nscale for a massive new computing deal that could be worth as much as $45 billion. The deal would be for a second facility at Nscale's Monarch data center campus in West Virginia, which would deliver 460 megawatts of computing power using Nvidia's advanced Vera Rubin AI chips. Bloomberg's Bailey Lipschultz joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
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