Anthropic courts competitors to ease data center crunch

Nikkei Asia | May 8, 2026, 5:05 p.m. | Original

TOKYO -- Anthropic is struggling to find the computing infrastructure it needs to expand use of its high-performance AI models, resorting to signing deals with competitors to lease their data centers.

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