- Anthropic commits $30 billion of Azure compute capacity for future Claude deployments
- The agreement includes an optional expansion that reaches up to one gigawatt of infrastructure capacity
- Future models will train with Nvidia Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems
Anthropic has agreed to buy $30 billion of computing capacity on Microsoft Azure as part of an expanded strategic partnership involving Microsoft and Nvidia.
The agreement includes the option to secure additional capacity reaching up to one gigawatt for future models that will rely on Nvidia Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems.
The arrangement enables Anthropic’s Claude models to scale across infrastructure powered through Azure, while allowing enterprise customers to choose Claude within Microsoft’s enterprise platforms.
Access across the company’s Microsoft products
The partnership is part of Anthropic’s ongoing plan to run and train its systems on large clusters optimized for high-performance workloads.
Claude models will be available to customers using Microsoft Foundry, providing access to Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Opus 4.1, and Claude Haiku 4.5.
The company said this expansion will make Claude the only frontier model deployed across all major global cloud providers.
Azure customers will get access to these models alongside existing capabilities and will be able to use Claude-specific features for development workflows involving AI tools and integration across enterprise systems.
Claude will also remain available in Microsoft’s suite of Copilot products, including GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio.
The deal includes financial commitments from Microsoft and Nvidia, which plan to invest up to $5 billion and $10 billion, respectively, in Anthropic.
The companies confirmed that the collaboration will extend beyond funding through a technical partnership to optimize anthropic workloads on current and future Nvidia architectures.
The goal is to improve performance and efficiency while reducing long-term operating costs.
Anthropic also aims to ensure that its platforms take advantage of hardware developments tuned for large-scale distributed computing.
With this deal, Anthropic can expand its deployment across enterprise environments that rely heavily on cloud hosting and cloud storage.
The scope of the agreement suggests a strategic push to ensure continued access to computing capacity, which could reduce constraints associated with rapid scaling of model development.
The partnership could also allow Microsoft and Nvidia to strengthen their positions in competitive AI markets through deep ecosystem alignment rather than isolated product integration.
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