AMD and Anthropic reach $5 billion AI infrastructure deal

AMD says it's going to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while helping to expand the AI company's computing power, according to an announcement on Wednesday . As part of the new partnership, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD's Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the chipmaker's new Helios rack-scale system, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal . The companies plan to deploy the first gigawatt in the first half of 2027, building upon recent data center deals Anthropic has reac