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Anthropic buys $3.4B in gas generators from OnePWR instead of renting power

Anthropic has acquired roughly $3.4 billion worth of gas-fired generators from San Antonio supplier OnePWR Solutions, enough to produce 1.7 gigawatts, after abandoning an earlier plan to simply rent power capacity, according to the Financial Times. The deal, signed in late September, also transferred the engineering and installation work for the equipment, though Anthropic did not acquire OnePWR itself or its staff. The generators were originally ordered from Caterpillar about two years ago, meaning deliveries can begin soon and continue over the next two years.

Amazon's carbon footprint climbs 58% since 2019 net-zero pledge, Post analysis finds

The Washington Post reports that Amazon and other cloud/AI companies are building new large gas-fired power plants to run data centers, locking in emissions for decades. Amazon's own carbon footprint hit 80.85 million metric tons last year, 58% higher than when it pledged to cut emissions, putting it far off the Paris Agreement trajectory that would require a 43% cut below 2019 levels by 2030.