Apr 21
Anthropic and Amazon expand collaboration for up to 5 gigawatts of new compute
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Anthropic and Amazon have expanded their partnership to secure up to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity for training and deploying Claude. The agreement involves a massive commitment to AWS technologies, including future generations of custom silicon like Trainium chips.
Why it matters
Securing massive compute capacity via custom silicon signals the escalating capital requirements for scaling frontier model development.
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