How Anthropic's DIY data centers could accelerate AI's infrastructure frenzy

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• Anthropic will spend $50 billion to build its own data centers.
• They'll be in Texas, New York, and elsewhere across the US.
• It could set new standards for AI labs trying to scale.

Anthropic will invest $50 billion in the construction of its own data centers, the company announced Tuesday -- a move that could have ripple effects across an industry already racing to build AI infrastructure. 

"Anthropic serves more than 300,000 business customers, and our number of large accounts -- customers that each represent over $100,000 in run-rate revenue -- has grown nearly sevenfold in the past year," the company wrote in the announcement, citing the demand behind the expansion. 

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