Core Insights - Amazon has officially launched its $11 billion Rainier data center project in Indiana, aimed at training and running models for the generative AI leader Anthropic [1] - The project was initially announced in December 2024 and will house approximately 1 million of Amazon's custom Trainium2 chips [1] - Anthropic's recent funding round in September 2024 valued the company at $183 billion [1] Group 1 - The Rainier project spans 1,200 acres and is described as one of AWS's most ambitious infrastructure projects to date [1] - The data center will not only support Anthropic's existing models but also the upcoming versions of its generative AI chatbot, Claude [1] - AWS engineer Ron Diamant stated that the project will lead the next generation of AI models [1] Group 2 - Anthropic recently announced an expansion of its partnership with Google, utilizing Google's tensor processing units, with the deal valued in the "hundreds of billions" [2] - This expanded collaboration is expected to bring over 1 gigawatt of computing power online by 2026 [2] - Despite the partnership with Google, Anthropic remains committed to working with Amazon as its primary training partner and cloud service provider [2]