摩根士丹利领投Anthropic德克萨斯州园区150亿美元投资

The Odaily Planet Daily reports that data center developer Nexus Data Centers is preparing a financing round of approximately $15 billion to build an AI data center campus in Hubbard, Texas, USA, which will be leased by Anthropic in the future. Morgan Stanley will lead the related bank financing.

According to reports, the financing entity is Nexus Data Centers, not Anthropic itself. Google will leverage its investment-grade credit rating to guarantee Anthropic's lease obligations and related energy agreements, covering 4 data center lease projects and a power purchase agreement for a 1.6GW natural gas power plant. In exchange, Google is expected to receive approximately 20% equity in the data center and energy project.

Industry insiders believe that this transaction reflects how AI infrastructure construction is increasingly relying on the balance sheets of major technology companies. A similar model previously appeared in the cooperation between Nvidia and OpenAI, where chip or cloud computing giants provide credit support to help AI companies finance the construction of large-scale computing facilities. (CNBC)