Anthropic to use up to 1 million Google TPUs, with 1 GW+ online in 2026

Up to 1 million TPUs, with 1 GW+ coming online in 2026

Why it matters

The first mega-deal for alternative silicon outside NVIDIA

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialgooglecloudpresscorner.comhttps://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-10-23-Anthropic-to-Expand-Use-of-Google-Cloud-TPUs-and-Services

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