Anthropic, known for its Claude chatbot, has unveiled plans for a $50 billion investment in American computing infrastructure, partnering with Fluidstack to build a series of advanced data centres in Texas and New York, with additional sites expected to follow.
The facilities are being custom-designed to maximise efficiency for Anthropic’s AI workloads and to support continued frontier-level research and development.
According to the company, the programme will create approximately 800 permanent jobs and 2,400 construction jobs, with facilities coming online throughout 2026.
The investment aligns with the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan, which aims to strengthen domestic technology capacity and ensure US leadership in artificial intelligence.
Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, says: “We’re getting closer to AI that can accelerate scientific discovery and help solve complex problems in ways that weren’t possible before. Realizing that potential requires infrastructure that can support continued development at the frontier.
“These sites will help us build more capable AI systems that can drive those breakthroughs, while creating American jobs.”
Anthropic’s growth has been fuelled by its technical teams, focus on safety, and frontier research efforts, including work in alignment and interpretability.
The company now serves more than 300,000 business customers, and the number of large accounts—defined as those generating more than $100,000 in annualised revenue—has increased nearly sevenfold in the past year.
Fluidstack was selected as the infrastructure partner for its ability to deploy large-scale power capacity at speed.
Gary Wu, co-founder and CEO of Fluidstack, says: “Fluidstack was built for this moment.
“We’re proud to partner with frontier AI leaders like Anthropic to accelerate and deploy the infrastructure necessary to realize their vision.”
Anthropic said the scale of the investment reflects rising demand for its Claude AI systems and the need to support continued advancement in frontier-model development.
The company added that it will continue focusing on cost-effective approaches to building the infrastructure required as its growth accelerates.
