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Anthropic gets smaller Colossus data center in xAI deal
Anthropic acquires access to the Colossus 1 data center through an xAI deal, with xAI retaining the larger Colossus 2 facility, which has a noted poor environmental record.
Under-reported details of the xAI/Anthropic Colossus data center deal: Anthropic get Colossus 1 but xAI keep using the larger Colossus 2, Colossus 1 has a REALLY bad environmental record, and xAI just shut down a bunch of older models on 2 weeks' notice simonwillison.net/2026/May/7/x...
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