Notes on the xAI Anthropic data center deal Notes on the xAI Anthropic data center deal There weren’t a lot of big new announcements from Anthropic at yesterday’s Code w Claude event, but the biggest by far was the deal they’ve struck with SpaceX xAI to use “all of the capacity of their Colossus data center”
While Anthropic will use the Colossus 1 data center, which . . . While Anthropic will use the Colossus 1 data center, which has a really bad environmental record, xAI retains the larger Colossus 2 for its own AI training — There weren't a lot of big new announcements from Anthropic at yesterday's Code w Claude event, but the biggest by far … More: Unite AI and The Information X: @simonw
Anthropic to Utilize Colossus 1 Data Center with Poor . . . Environmental Concerns: The Colossus 1 data center, used by Anthropic, has a poor environmental record, raising concerns about its sustainability practices AI Training Resources: Anthropic's Colossus 2 retains a significant amount of data for its AI training, indicating a focus on enhancing its AI capabilities Event Highlights: The recent Code Claude event hosted by Anthropic did not feature
Simon Willison’s Weblog - vuink. com There weren’t a lot of big new announcements from Anthropic at yesterday’s Code w Claude event, but the biggest by far was the deal they’ve struck with SpaceX xAI to use “all of the capacity of their Colossus data center”
Under-reported details of the xAI Anthropic Colossus data . . . Simon Willison (@simonw) 257 likes 15 replies Under-reported details of the xAI Anthropic Colossus data center deal: Anthropic get Colossus 1 but xAI keep using the larger Colossus 2, Colossus 1 has a REALLY bad environmental record, and xAI just shut down a bunch of older models on 2 weeks' notice
Anthropic Takes All of SpaceXs Colossus 1: 220,000 GPUs and . . . Anthropic and SpaceX announced a deal giving Claude full access to the 300 MW Colossus 1 data center Practitioner-facing impact: Claude Code rate limits doubled, Opus API Tier 1 input throughput up 1,500%