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Anthropic

2026-09-03 02:04:37

Anthropic’s $35 Billion Compute Deal Reaches Hut 8’s Texas Campus

Anthropic has agreed to buy $35 billion in computing capacity from Lambda, an AI cloud company backed by Nvidia, with part of that capacity tied to Hut 8’s Beacon Point campus in Nueces County, Texas. The arrangement, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, adds another high-profile example to the growing shift by listed Bitcoin miners into AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. At the center of the story is Beacon Point, where Hut 8 had previously disclosed two long-term leases without naming the tenant. CoinDesk’s compilation of the site’s details shows two 15-year leases with a combined contract value of $19.6 billion, 704 megawatts of IT capacity, a 525-acre footprint, access to as much as 1 gigawatt of power, and an existing grid connection. Hut 8 has not confirmed how much of that 704 MW is directly tied to the Anthropic-Lambda agreement. The report also puts Hut 8 in a wider industry pattern. CoinDesk said in March 2026 that public Bitcoin miners had signed more than $70 billion in AI and HPC agreements. Peer examples cited include TeraWulf, Bitdeer, and IREN, each pursuing hybrid strategies that keep mining operations in place while allocating power and data center capacity to AI customers.

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Anthropic

2026-09-01 22:14:24

Anthropic and Lambda Strike $35B Cloud Computing Deal Backed by Nvidia

Anthropic, an AI startup, has signed a $35 billion cloud computing agreement with Lambda, as reported by Techub News, citing CryptoBriefing. The deal is backed by Nvidia and involves the lease of a new data center built by Hut 8 in Texas. Under the terms, Nvidia will hold the lease, Lambda will procure Nvidia hardware and provide cloud services to Anthropic. Hut 8, which operates both bitcoin mining and data center operations, is the infrastructure provider. This transaction highlights Nvidia's expanding role beyond AI chip sales, as it helps emerging cloud providers secure data center capacity and financing. Earlier this month, Hut 8 also entered into a separate $45 billion agreement with Nscale, another Nvidia-backed company.

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Anthropic

2026-08-31 23:40:25

Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud deal with Lambda, backed by Nvidia and Hut 8 capacity

Anthropic has signed a $35 billion cloud computing agreement with Lambda, a cloud provider backed by Nvidia, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sources cited in the report said the capacity will come from a data center in Nueces County, Texas, built by Bitcoin miner and data center developer Hut 8. Nvidia has already signed an agreement with Hut 8 to lock in compute capacity and will directly hold the lease for the facility. Under the arrangement, Lambda will install chips purchased from Nvidia at the Hut 8-built site and then provide cloud services to Anthropic. The report said it is not yet clear how much Lambda will pay Nvidia for use of the data center. The structure allows Lambda to secure a large Anthropic contract without sourcing its own data center space, while helping Anthropic obtain access to Nvidia compute resources. The report also noted that Anthropic faced supply constraints earlier this year. This month, the company also signed a separate $45 billion agreement with another Nvidia-backed cloud provider, Nscale, to rent Nvidia computing capacity at a data center in West Virginia. Hut 8 had previously disclosed that its 700-megawatt Texas campus had been leased in full for 15 years by an investment-grade company, with the $20 billion facility set to deploy Nvidia chips.

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WuBlockchain

2026-08-30 12:04:17

Lambda adds $1 billion in debt for Nvidia GPUs as G7 borrowing costs rise by $16 billion

WuBlockchain’s WhiteLine Daily highlighted two threads running through the market: AI compute expansion is still being financed and ordered at scale, while higher interest rates are now showing up directly in government funding bills. According to Bloomberg, Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider Lambda raised about $1 billion in short-term private debt arranged by JPMorgan to buy Nvidia AI GPUs, with the capacity set to be leased to Microsoft. The company also completed a separate $926 million senior secured loan this week and had previously closed a $1 billion senior secured credit facility in May. On the macro side, Financial Times calculations show that since February this year, higher bond yields have added about $16 billion to government financing costs across the G7, with the United States accounting for roughly $10.6 billion. If current yield levels hold through the first quarter of 2027, the additional burden could rise by another $34 billion, including about $21.7 billion for the U.S. The report also noted a new order for 128 Nvidia B300 AI servers from SuperX in Australia and Toyota’s plan to start next-generation Lexus EV production in Shanghai in 2027.

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Nvidia

2026-08-28 16:39:30

Nvidia-Backed AI Cloud Firm Lambda Raises $1B in Private Debt for GPUs to Lease to Microsoft

BlockBeats reported on August 29 that Lambda, an AI cloud computing service provider backed by Nvidia, has raised approximately $1 billion in private short-term debt. The funds will be used to purchase computing chips for its collaboration project with Microsoft. According to unnamed sources familiar with the matter, the transaction was arranged by JPMorgan Chase and marketed to private placement investors. The debt will be used to procure Nvidia GPUs, which will subsequently be leased to Microsoft. Lambda is an AI cloud services company that has previously received investment from Nvidia. The financing comes in the form of private short-term debt, typically offered to institutional investors. This particular deal involves a significant amount of $1 billion, reflecting the scale of the partnership with Microsoft. The information was first reported by BlockBeats, a Chinese crypto news outlet, citing sources with knowledge of the arrangement. JPMorgan Chase acted as the lead arranger, helping to structure and market the private placement.

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Lambda

2026-08-25 00:03:19

Lambda Is in Talks to Raise $3 Billion Ahead of a Possible Public Listing

Techub News, citing Crypto Briefing, says GPU cloud computing company Lambda is negotiating a $3 billion financing round as preparation for a possible public listing. The report does not disclose the proposed terms, investors, or any listing timetable. It also says the move is expected to have a significant impact on competition in the GPU cloud computing market in 2026. No additional details were provided.

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Nvidia

2026-08-10 16:03:29

Nvidia-Backed Lambda Raises $917M for AI Chips via GPU Loan

Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider Lambda is raising $917 million through the leveraged loan market to fund purchases of AI chips, according to Bloomberg. The financing will be structured as a GPU loan, with the loan tied to rights linked to GPU assets, and will support Lambda's push to expand its AI computing capacity. Lambda is part of the fast-growing "neocloud" segment, offering GPU compute and AI infrastructure to enterprises and developers. The deal follows CoreWeave, which earlier this year completed the first institutional leveraged loan dedicated to chip financing, introducing a debt-based model for acquiring AI chips. AI infrastructure companies are increasingly looking beyond equity funding to meet the massive capital needs of building large-scale compute clusters. As generative AI demand accelerates, GPUs have become a core strategic asset; placing those chips inside financing structures lets AI cloud providers grow compute capacity while relying less on equity dilution. It also draws traditional credit markets further into the AI infrastructure investment wave.

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