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Google owns a 14% stake in Anthropic and funds a $5 billion data center in Texas.
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Google Holds 14% Stake in Anthropic, Funding $5 Billion Data Center in Texas
Summary
AI analyst Rohan Paul recently tweeted that Google holds a 14% stake in Anthropic. This stake originates from Anthropic’s $30 billion Series G funding completed in early 2026, when the valuation was $380 billion. Google is also funding a large data center, Nexus, in Texas, which Anthropic will lease. The first phase aims to reach 500MW by the end of 2026, with potential expansion to 7.7GW in the future. The facility will use on-site gas power generation to bypass grid queuing issues. The tweet also quoted Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis speaking in Davos, where both discussed their respective research directions.
Analysis
By funding this data center, Google supports Anthropic’s computing power needs while gaining a window to observe its AI progress through its stake. This aligns with a larger trend: cloud providers like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are exchanging equity for early access to new models through infrastructure partnerships.
The on-site power generation solution directly addresses the practical bottlenecks of AI expansion—grid delays and energy costs. This could accelerate the training progress of models like Claude. However, it also raises environmental concerns and questions about whether regulators will intervene in the energy consumption of AI development.
In Davos, Amodei and Hassabis discussed the AGI timeline (around 2027-2030) and the impact of self-improving AI systems on employment. Their views were similar, suggesting that research-focused AI labs may collaborate on safety and validation efforts. But this also means that a significant amount of AI development is concentrated in a few companies.
The bigger picture is that, in the pursuit of more powerful AI systems, infrastructure investment is now as critical as model architecture. This will affect enterprise applications and who can access the most cutting-edge computing power.
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