Meta, the social media giant, is in talks with Anthropic about leasing computing capacity to the AI startup. This move could put Meta in competition with Amazon, Microsoft, and Google in the cloud computing market.
Background
Meta has been investing heavily in data center infrastructure to support its AI ambitions, planning to spend between $125 billion and $145 billion in capital expenditures this year. The company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has mentioned the possibility of leasing out some of that infrastructure if Meta’s own computing needs don’t keep pace with the buildout.
Anthropic already has multibillion-dollar compute licensing deals with Google, SpaceX, Microsoft, and Amazon. The demand for computing power is high as companies large and small race to adopt AI and major AI labs work to improve their models.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
