Sources and filings: Google assembled a ~$200B financing program for Anthropic, with $150B+ tied to TPUs and involving Broadcom, Blackstone, Apollo, and others (Financial Times)
Google’s Anthropic buildout is being financed as much through Wall Street structures as through cloud spending.
Financial Times says sources and filings show Google put together a roughly $200 billion program around Anthropic, with more than $150 billion connected to TPU capacity. The arrangement involves chip leases, private credit and data center guarantees, with Broadcom, Blackstone, Apollo and others named in the financing network. The piece frames it as a new model for AI infrastructure spending, moving some chip and data center risk away from Google’s own balance sheet. Techmeme's note
Financial Times says sources and filings show Google put together a roughly $200 billion program around Anthropic, with more than $150 billion connected to TPU capacity. The arrangement involves chip leases, private credit and data center guarantees, with Broadcom, Blackstone, Apollo and others named in the financing network. The piece frames it as a new model for AI infrastructure spending, moving some chip and data center risk away from Google’s own balance sheet. Techmeme's note
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