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Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom

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As it prepares to go public, Anthropic's S-1 filing makes generative AI's methane dependency glaringly obvious. "Competition for access to electrical supply and data center locations with adequate power availability is intense." In documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, Anthropic acknowledges…

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As it prepares to go public, Anthropic’s S-1 filing makes generative AI’s methane dependency glaringly obvious.

“Competition for access to electrical supply and data center locations with adequate power availability is intense.”

In documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, Anthropic acknowledges that data centers are becoming increasingly reliant on “natural gas” – the fossil fuel industry’s marketing term for what is primarily methane – leaving the company’s AI data center buildout vulnerable to rising fuel costs and existing supply chain constraints. And in a possible catch-22, Anthropic admits that rising gl …

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