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Developing story · 2 episodes · 18 Oct to 19 Oct

Nscale Anthropic Deal Amid Microsoft Exit

Nscale is reportedly negotiating a massive $45 billion cloud computing contract with AI firm Anthropic. This potential partnership emerges as Microsoft withdraws from Nscale's Essex data center project.

  1. Microsoft pulls out of Nscale's Essex AI data centre

    Nscale announced last year a £2bn pledge to build the Loughton facility in Essex, billed as the UK’s largest AI data centre. The project was to host a Microsoft‑funded supercomputer and was slated…

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  2. Nscale and Anthropic could be in $45 billion AI cloud computing deal

    Bloomberg News reported that Nscale is in talks to sell AI cloud computing power to Anthropic in a deal that could be worth about $45 billion. The talks focus on adding a second facility at Nscale’s…

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