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# Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired data center generators, report says

The deal covers 1.7 gigawatts of generators, per a Financial Times report relayed by others. Both companies declined to comment.

Leaked on 08 November 2026

![A gas turbine generator at a power plant (illustrative; not equipment named in the report)](https://leakly.com/assets/images/anthropic-3-4-billion-gas-generators-hero.jpg)

A gas turbine generator at a power plant (illustrative; not equipment named in the report). [Photo: L. Honnorat/ESO / Wikimedia Commons, cropped](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Power_Plant_at_Paranal_(iced_moment_855-CC).tiff) ([CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/))

Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generators to power data centers, according to a Financial Times report that unusual\_whales (@unusual\_whales) shared on November 8. [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-3-4bn-gas-generators-onepwr-ft) relayed the details: 1.7 gigawatts of large generators, in a deal signed in late September with OnePWR Solutions of San Antonio, Texas.

> **unusual\_whales** @unusual\_whales
>
> BREAKING: Anthropic has agreed to pay $3.4 billion for gas-fired generators for data centers, the FT reported, in what it described as the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab
>
> 6,768 likes · 477 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 12:49 UTC
>
> — unusual\_whales (@unusual\_whales) [November 8, 2026](https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/2119478167333462419)

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OnePWR had ordered the generators from Caterpillar about two years ago but needed money to finish the purchase, the FT reported, so Anthropic took over the orders. [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/08/anthropic-generator-deal-ai-data-centers.html) also reported on the deal and the wider push to secure power for AI data centers.

Both companies declined to comment, and where the generators will be used is not known.

## What we know

* The FT reported a $3.4 billion generator deal covering 1.7 gigawatts.
* OnePWR Solutions is the counterparty, per the report.

## What we don't know

* Where the generators will run.
* Delivery timing.

## What would confirm it

A statement from Anthropic or OnePWR.

## Sources

* [Original X post by @unusual\_whales](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2119478167333462419)
* [Anthropic buys $3.4bn of gas generators for its data centres, FT reports](https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-3-4bn-gas-generators-onepwr-ft)
* [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/08/anthropic-generator-deal-ai-data-centers.html)

[Unconfirmed]

## What happened later

Both companies declined to comment, and where the generators will be used is not known.

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