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

Nscale Ltd. is reportedly in talks with Anthropic PBC for a computing-power deal valued at about $45 billion, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The Nvidia-backed data center developer is seeking a second major agreement with Anthropic—the company behind Claude—for a second facility at its Monarch campus in West Virginia. Regulatory documents for Nscale’s planned IPO say Anthropic already has infrastructure agreements worth up to about $44.6 billion. The second Monarch building would deliver 460 megawatts of computing power using Nvidia’s Vera Rubin AI chips, and Anthropic is said to have a right of first refusal on a third expected building. A deal could be finalized within days.