Global artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has inked its first Australian data centre deal – a proposed $32 billion development in Queensland.
Anthropic, led by chief executive Dario Amodei, will take the entire capacity of the Western Downs Digital Park, near Dalby, through a long-term lease of the Singapore-owned Zerra DC’s proposed AI factory.
Crisafulli successfully lobbied the Albanese government to give Queensland an exemption from federal Labor’s demands to force AI data centres to be exclusively fuelled by new renewable energy sources.
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Amodei is preparing to publicly list Anthropic in the US with a valuation of $US2 trillion.
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Global artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has inked its first Australian data centre deal – a proposed $32 billion development in Queensland.
The site in the Western Downs, about 250 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, will come online in 2027 and be used by the company’s Claude model to answer customer requests, referred to as inference, as opposed to training models, according to a source familiar with the deal but not authorised to speak publicly.
Anthropic, led by chief executive Dario Amodei, will take the entire capacity of the Western Downs Digital Park, near Dalby, through a long-term lease of the Singapore-owned Zerra DC’s proposed AI factory.
Amodei is preparing to publicly list Anthropic in the US with a valuation of $US2 trillion.
Premier David Crisafulli described the deal as a “major win” for Queensland, which will put more energy into the state’s grid.
Crisafulli successfully lobbied the Albanese government to give Queensland an exemption from federal Labor’s demands to force AI data centres to be exclusively fuelled by new renewable energy sources.
An application for the project is now before the Western Downs Regional Council, and comes amid national debate around data centres and AI expansion.
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The Sydney Morning HeraldAnthropic to build $32 billion mega data centre in Queenslandplain
The West AustralianAnthropic signs first Australian data centre deal in Queensland with Western Downs project worth almost $32bnplain
The West AustralianGreens slam plan for US AI pioneer Anthropic plans to use giant Queensland data centreplain
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