Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines (opens techcrunch.com)
Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.
Context: Mavria plans modular data centers that can be shipped by truck, per the Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal: Mavria, which aims to build modular data centers that can be shipped by trucks, raised $130M across pre-seed and seed rounds at a $1B valuation led by Paradigm — Mavria has raised money at a $1 billion valuation to build modular data centers that can be shipped by truck
Mavria · pre-seed and seed · $130M · with ParadigmAs stated by The Wall Street Journal.
Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.
SpaceX plans a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility in Starbase, TX, with ~$24B of investment for initial phases, per a public hearing notice — SpaceX plans to construct, own and operate a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility at its company town in Starbase, Texas …
US AI demand grows from 66gw in 2027 while tokens per watt compound 2.9x a year, so the grid only binds if token demand outruns efficiency. Break-even real token growth is ~2.5x a year with no cancellations.
The Information reports a raise at a $20B valuation, up from $12B in June.
Fal hosts image, video and audio AI models for developers; the new valuation is double its April value. Bessemer led the round, and Nvidia and T. Rowe Price also invested.
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