Market Chatter: Anthropic to Get 460 Megawatts of Power From Nscale Data Center in $45 Billion Lease Deal

01:19 PM EDT, 08/26/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon-backed (AMZN) Anthropic will spend $45 billion to rent about 460 megawatts of AI cloud computing power from Nscale's flagship data center in West Virginia over six years, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Nscale will use Nvidia's (NVDA) Vera Rubin chips, which are due to come online next year, to meet Anthropic's requirements, the report said, citing the people. The companies didn't immediately reply to requests for comment from MT Newswires. (Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.) Price: 258.80, Change: -2.26, Percent Change: -0.87