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Anthropic may seek another $36 billion for Google TPUs
Blackstone is reportedly discussing a second $36 billion debt package to fund Anthropic’s use of Google TPUs, but no deal is final.
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Blackstone is in preliminary talks to arrange a second $36 billion debt package to fund Anthropic’s use of Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs), according to Bloomberg, as reported by ITzine citing ixbt. The discussions are still at an early stage, and the terms could change.
The proposed financing would follow an agreement worth about $35 billion, reportedly arranged around two months ago. That deal funded Anthropic’s rental of Google computing infrastructure across five data centers.
According to the Financial Times, the earlier arrangement used a special-purpose company that purchased roughly 1 gigawatt of TPU-based computing equipment and then leased it to Anthropic on a long-term basis. The structure treats expensive AI infrastructure as a separate financing asset, allowing Anthropic to use the equipment without buying it outright at once.
Blackstone, Anthropic, Google, and Apollo declined to comment on Bloomberg’s report. The new proposal is therefore not a completed transaction or confirmation of a new chip order; its size and terms remain unsettled.
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via ITzine
