And some say AI isn't being monetised
Anthropic has reportedly agreed to spend around $200 billion over five years on cloud infrastructure and AI chips from Google, highlighting the intensifying race for computing power in the artificial intelligence sector. According to the report, this deal would position Anthropic as one of the largest customers of Google Cloud, potentially representing more than 40% of its revenue backlog.
The scale of this commitment reflects rapidly growing demand for high-performance computing, driven by the expansion of Anthropic’s Claude AI models and increasing enterprise adoption of generative AI tools.
Businesses are relying more heavily on such systems for automation, analytics and customer-facing applications, which in turn requires vast processing capacity.
The agreement, signed in April, also includes access to advanced tensor processing units, with contributions from partners such as Broadcom.
Deployment is expected to begin around 2027, signalling long-term strategic investment in AI infrastructure.