Anthropic Will Spend $50 Billion to Build US Data Centers

Investment & Expansion - Anthropic plans to invest $50 billion in US data centers in partnership with Fluid Stack, focusing on owning, building, and operating the facilities [1][2] - OpenAI's Stargate project is projected to cost $500 billion, with plans for overseas expansion [3] - A lab within Matter will spend $600 billion on domestic data centers [4] Revenue & Profitability - Anthropic projects revenues of $70 million by fiscal year 2028 [5] - OpenAI's annual revenue run rate is approximately $13 billion for 2023 and projected to be $20 billion for 2025 [5][6] - There is a growing consensus that Anthropic may achieve profitability faster than OpenAI due to its capital-light model relying on partners like Amazon, AWS, and Google [4][6] Competitive Landscape - Anthropic's $50 billion investment is smaller compared to OpenAI's $500 billion Stargate project and Matter's $600 billion domestic data center spending [3][4] - Anthropic relies more on hyperscale partners like Amazon, AWS, and Google for data center resources compared to OpenAI [4]