Nscale, Anthropic in talks for $45B computing deal | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Nscale Ltd. is in talks to sell computing power to Anthropic PBC in a deal that could be worth about $45 billion, people familiar with the negotiations told Reuters. The Nvidia-backed data center developer is seeking a second major agreement with the firm behind Claude for a second facility at its Monarch campus in West Virginia. A regulatory filing tied to Nscale’s planned IPO says Anthropic has infrastructure agreements worth up to about $44.6 billion. The second Monarch building would provide 460 megawatts of computing using Nvidia’s Vera Rubin AI chips, with Anthropic holding a right of first refusal on a potential third building. A deal could be finalized within days.