<p>Nov 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft and Nvidia are planning to invest up to $15 billion in total in Anthropic, in the latest AI-driven tie-up that also includes a $30 billion commitment by the Claude maker to use Microsoft’s cloud services.</p>
<p>The announcement highlights the AI sector’s relentless demand for computing power as firms race to build systems rivaling or surpassing human intelligence.</p>
<p>Here is a list of multi-billion-dollar AI, cloud and chip deals signed recently:</p>
<h3>MICROSOFT, NVIDIA, AND ANTHROPIC</h3>
<p>Microsoft  (MSFT.O)  will invest up to $5 billion and Nvidia  (NVDA.O)  up to $10 billion in Anthropic, while the Claude maker will pledge $30 billion to run its workloads on Microsoft’s cloud.</p>
<p>Under the agreement, Anthropic will commit up to 1 gigawatt of compute, powered by Nvidia’s advanced Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin hardware. The company will also team up with Nvidia to improve chips and AI models for better performance.</p>
<h3>NVIDIA-BACKED GROUP AND ALIGNED DATA CENTERS</h3>
<p>An investor group including BlackRock  (BLK.N) , Microsoft and Nvidia is buying U.S.-based Aligned Data Centers, one of the world’s biggest data center operators with nearly 80 facilities, in a deal worth $40 billion.</p>
<h3>GOOGLE AND TEXAS</h3>
<p>Google  (GOOGL.O)  will invest $40 billion in three new data centers in Texas through 2027. One of the data centers will be in Armstrong County, in the Texas Panhandle, and the other two in Haskell County, a stretch of West Texas near Abilene.</p>
<p>The company is also continuing to invest in its existing Midlothian campus and Dallas cloud region, part of the company’s global network of 42 cloud regions. BROADCOM AND OPENAI OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom  (AVGO.O)  to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest tie-up for the world’s most valuable startup for computing power amid surging demand for its services. AMD AND OPENAI AMD  (AMD.O)  agreed to supply artificial intelligence chips to OpenAI in a multi-year deal that would also give the ChatGPT creator the option to buy up to roughly 10% of the chipmaker. NVIDIA AND OPENAI Nvidia is set to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI and supply it with data center chips, in a deal giving the chipmaker a financial stake in OpenAI. OpenAI is already an important customer for Nvidia. META AND COREWEAVE CoreWeave  (CRWV.O)  has signed a $14 billion agreement with Meta (META.O)  to supply computing power to the Facebook parent.  NVIDIA AND INTEL Nvidia will invest $5 billion in Intel  (INTC.O) , giving it roughly 4% of the company after new shares are issued.     ORACLE AND META Oracle  (ORCL.N)  is in talks with Meta for a multi-year cloud computing deal worth about $20 billion, underscoring the social media giant’s drive to secure faster access to computing power.  ORACLE AND OPENAI Oracle is reported to have signed one of the biggest cloud deals ever with OpenAI, under which the ChatGPT maker is expected to buy $300 billion in computing power from the company for about five years.     COREWEAVE AND NVIDIA CoreWeave signed a $6.3 billion initial order with backer Nvidia, a deal that guarantees that the AI chipmaker will purchase any cloud capacity not sold to customers.    NEBIUS GROUP AND MICROSOFT Nebius Group  (NBIS.O)  will provide Microsoft with GPU infrastructure capacity in a deal worth $17.4 billion over a five-year term. META AND GOOGLE Google struck a six-year cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms worth more than $10 billion, Reuters had reported in August. INTEL AND SOFTBANK GROUP    Intel is getting a $2 billion capital injection from SoftBank Group  (9984.T) , making the Japanese tech investor one of the top-10 shareholders of the troubled U.S. chipmaker.  TESLA AND SAMSUNG Tesla  (TSLA.O)  signed a $16.5 billion deal to source chips from Samsung Electronics  (005930.KS) , with the EV maker’s CEO Elon Musk saying that the South Korean tech giant’s new chip factory in Texas would make Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip.  META AND SCALE AI      Meta took a 49% stake for about $14.3 billion in Scale AI and brought in its 28-year-old CEO, Alexandr Wang, to play a prominent role in the tech giant’s artificial intelligence strategy.    GOOGLE AND WINDSURF     Google hired several key staff members from AI code generation startup Windsurf and will pay $2.4 billion in license fees as part of the deal to use some of Windsurf’s technology under non-exclusive terms. COREWEAVE AND OPENAI CoreWeave signed a five-year contract worth $11.9 billion with OpenAI in March, before the Nvidia-backed startup’s IPO.   STARGATE DATACENTER PROJECT         Stargate is a joint venture between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle to build data centers. The project was announced in January by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said that the companies would invest up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence.     AMAZON AND ANTHROPIC Amazon.com  (AMZN.O)  pumped $4 billion into OpenAI competitor Anthropic, doubling its investment in the firm known for its GenAI chatbot Claude.</p>

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<p>Microsoft and Nvidia plan to invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic, with Anthropic committing $30 billion to use Microsoft's cloud services. This highlights the AI sector's demand for computing power. Other significant deals include Google's $40 billion investment in Texas data centers, Nvidia's $100 billion investment in OpenAI, and Oracle's $300 billion cloud deal with OpenAI. Major players like Meta, Intel, Tesla, and Samsung are also making substantial investments in AI and computing infrastructure.</p>

- Microsoft and Nvidia plan to invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic, which will also commit $30 billion to utilize Microsoft’s cloud services.  
- This partnership underscores the increasing demand for computing power in the AI sector as companies strive to develop advanced systems.  
- Recent multi-billion-dollar deals in AI and cloud computing include significant investments from Google, OpenAI, and others, reflecting the industry's rapid growth and competition.

FACTBOX-From OpenAI to Google, firms channel billions into AI infrastructure as demand booms