Anthropic花34億美元購買天然氣渦輪機以因應人工智慧電力短缺
anthropic花34億美元購買天然氣渦輪機以確保其人工智慧業務的電力供應，這與其一貫的租用計算能力的慣例有所不同。這一舉動凸顯了人工智慧公司對電力需求的增長和電力市場的不確定性。
anthropic, an ai company planning to go public this year, is buying $3.4 billion worth of natural gas turbines from caterpillar. the generators, originally ordered by equipment supplier onepwr, can produce up to 1.7 gigawatts of electricity. this purchase marks a departure from anthropic's usual practice of renting computing power, including a $1.25 billion per month deal with spacex subsidiary xai. the move highlights the growing demand for power among ai companies and the uncertainty in the market, with the backlog for natural gas turbines stretching into the early 2030s.