Recently, industry sources reported that the AI large model vendor Anthropic plans to purchase at least 1.4 GW of data center computing power in Australia. This major investment is expected to cost 15 billion US dollars (approximately 21.6 billion Australian dollars), a scale far exceeding previous market expectations.

According to insiders, in order to support this large-scale infrastructure layout, Anthropic has set a clear timeline: the goal is to activate at least 1 GW of computing resources by the end of 2027. To ensure the smooth progress and efficient operation of the project, the company has already established a local office, aiming to quickly establish the supply chain and implementation channels for computing power construction through in-depth localization.

This move is seen as a key step for Anthropic to strengthen its global computing matrix, and also reflects the increasing desire of leading AI companies to control energy and computing infrastructure. In the context of increasingly fierce competition in large model performance, ensuring a long-term and stable supply of high-performance computing power is gradually becoming the "key" to whether a company can continue to lead in this field.

Currently, Anthropic has not yet disclosed specific details about the location or partners of the data center construction. However, it is foreseeable that as this 1.4 GW computing power plan gradually takes shape, Australia may become an emerging growth point that cannot be ignored on the global AI computing map. This move will further widen the gap in computing resource competition and indicates that the rigid demand of the AI industry for electricity, land, and data center clusters is driving global tech giants to accelerate their expansion around the world.