Anthropic Leases First Australian Data Center in Queensland
Anthropic has secured its first Australian data center lease with Zerra DC in Queensland, committing to a 2.16 GW infrastructure project designed for inference rather than training. This expansion occurs despite the company's public calls to slow down frontier AI development, highlighting a growing divergence between its safety advocacy and aggressive compute acquisition strategies.
According to GN auto tech/cloud: data center expansion, Anthropic has finalized a lease with Singapore-based developer Zerra DC for a 2.16 GW facility in Queensland, which is set to focus primarily on inference workloads rather than model training. The campus, located 250 km west of Brisbane, plans to use closed-loop air cooling to conserve water and could begin phased operations as early as 2027, contingent on foreign investment approval.
Source: biggo.comAnthropic has secured its first data center in Australia, signaling a major expansion of its global infrastructure to handle rising AI demand.
Source: voiceofemirates.com
