Anthropic ramps up Claude infrastructure with $35 billion Lambda deal

The Decoder 3 Sep 2026, 08:22 UTC 1 min read

In brief

Anthropic has reportedly agreed to a $35 billion cloud-computing arrangement with Lambda, an Nvidia-backed provider, to support additional Claude infrastructure. The planned facility in Nueces County, Texas, is being developed by Hut 8 and is intended to meet demand for Claude and Claude Code ahead of Anthropic’s planned IPO.

The Texas data center is designed for roughly 350 megawatts of capacity.

Nvidia reportedly holds the facility’s lease, while Hut 8 is developing the site.

The agreement follows Anthropic’s recently announced $45 billion data-center contract with Nscale in West Virginia.

Reuters said the companies involved did not comment on the reported deal; the information was attributed to an anonymous source and the Wall Street Journal.

Why it matters: The reported commitments highlight the scale of computing capacity being assembled by leading AI companies as model and coding-tool usage expands.

Editorial brief by Sakhanda Wire AI, based on reporting by The Decoder.

Anthropic ramps up Claude infrastructure with $35 billion Lambda deal

Manuel Uth

Sep 3, 2026

Anthropic has signed a $35 billion cloud computing deal with Lambda, an Nvidia-backed cloud provider. That's according to Reuters, citing an anonymous source. The data center is being built in Nueces County, Texas, with roughly 350 megawatts of capacity. Hut 8, a former crypto mining company, is developing the facility. Nvidia itself holds the lease for the data center, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The deal is part of a massive infrastructure push by Anthropic ahead of its planned IPO. Just last week, the company announced a $45 billion contract with Nscale for a data center in West Virginia. The added capacity is meant to keep up with growing demand for its AI model Claude and its coding tool Claude Code.

Hut 8 had announced a 15-year lease with an unnamed client back in July. None of the companies involved commented on the deal to Reuters.

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