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Anthropic projects 80 billion dollars in infrastructure spending with cloud providers through 2029
Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 04:02 AM
Anthropic is projected to spend approximately $80 billion by 2029 on cloud computing infrastructure provided by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to support its AI model operations.
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Anthropic projects spending at least $80 billion through 2029 with cloud providers Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to run its Claude AI. This commitment highlights a strategic shift toward multi-cloud distribution, as Anthropic becomes the first major lab to leverage all three giants simultaneously. The arrangement includes a high-growth revenue-sharing model where cloud partners earn commissions on AI sales, with these payouts expected to scale from nearly zero in 2024 to $6.4 billion annually by 2027.
The move follows a recent $30 billion Series G round that valued the firm at $350 billion. In addition to operational costs, Anthropic anticipates spending up to $100 billion more on model training over the same timeframe. This massive capital commitment secures the compute capacity necessary for Anthropic to target $148 billion in revenue by 2029, while providing a long-term revenue floor for the "Big Three" cloud platforms and the broader semiconductor supply chain.
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