# Google (Alphabet)

Type: Company (GOOGL)

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## Timeline

- **2026-06-11**: Data Center Lease Plans Revealed — The Information reports that Anthropic has signed over a dozen preliminary data center leases with >1 GW total capacity and is seeking Google's financial backing for the deals.
- **2026-06-05**: Confidential IPO Filing — Anthropic confidentially files for an initial public offering in the U.S., signaling its intent to go public at a near-trillion-dollar valuation.
- **2026-05**: Record $65B Fundraising Round — Anthropic raises $65 billion at a $965 billion post-money valuation, surpassing OpenAI and marking the largest private AI funding round ever.
- **2026-04**: Alphabet Plans $40B Investment — Alphabet announces its intention to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, further cementing their strategic relationship.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Anthropic Locks in 1 GW Compute as AI Model Arms Race Intensifies
2026-06-14 11:21:04 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 19

The race to build more advanced AI models is driving unprecedented infrastructure expansion, and Anthropic’s 1 GW data center push places it at the forefront of AI compute capacity. With the Claude developer backing up its IPO ambitions with massive physical compute, the move illustrates the growing centrality of hardware in AI competition. This could accelerate the trend of AI companies going ‘vertical’ with their compute.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/anthropic-ai-data-center-compute-race

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