Data center development stories

Jul 30, 2026

Nexus Data Centers seeks $15 billion loan for Texas facility tied to Anthropic, backed by Google

Data-center developer Nexus Data Centers is in advanced talks to raise $15 billion in bank financing for a Texas campus associated with AI company Anthropic, with Google providing financial guarantees and chip supply, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Jul 30, 2026·1 source

Jun 4, 2026

OpenAI in talks to lease 10-gigawatt data center campus in Ohio with potential Nvidia backing

OpenAI is negotiating to lease a proposed 10-gigawatt data center campus on federal land in southern Ohio, with the deal potentially including financial backing from Nvidia. The project could cost at least $500 billion.

Jun 4, 2026·3 sources

Top claims

▪Nexus Data Centers is in advanced talks to raise $15 billion for a Texas campus tied to Anthropic.
▪The Google guarantees cover four data-center leases signed by Anthropic and related power-purchase agreements for electricity from an on-site plant.
▪Big Tech companies are investing billions of dollars into artificial intelligence data centers and computing power because demand continues to outstrip supply.

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AI startups Compute, chips & AI infrastructure AI infrastructure financing Energy infrastructure

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