Anthropic Seeks Huge Data Centre Capacity Expansion in Australia to Train Claude AI
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 7 July 2026
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- 5
- Australian
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- 7 July 2026, 06:01 am
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The US tech giant has told data centre owners it will buy whatever capacity they can deliver by mid next year.
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Anthropic is aggressively securing Australian data centre capacity to establish the country as a primary global hub for training its frontier Claude AI models. A proposed copyright agreement with the Albanese government underpins this expansion, signaling a major strategic shift to legally train powerful AI systems within Australian jurisdiction. These developments suggest a significant leap in local frontier AI capabilities and present urgent implications for Australian AI safety governance as the nation becomes a host for large-scale training of potentially dual-use models. The move directly links Australia's infrastructure and regulatory environment to the global reduction of catastrophic AI risks by providing a controlled environment for high-compute model development.
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CompaniesInfrastructureData centresPrint articleAnthony Macdonald and Jenny WigginsJul 7, 2026 – 5.00amUS tech giant Anthropic is rushing to secure local data centre capacity ahead of its $1 trillion-plus sharemarket listing, telling developers it will buy any available capacity that can be delivered by mid-next year as it aims to make Australia its second home for training its AI models.Sources involved in the talks, unable to speak publicly because the information is confidential, said Anthropic was seeking to write its first Australian data centre contracts this month, concurrent with a copyright deal with the Albanese government that would enable it to train its powerful Claude AI model legally in this country.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleRead MoreData centresAIAnthropicIPOInfratil LimitedData Centre Gold RushCapital raisingFetching latest articles