[Anthropic Negotiates Purchase of Approximately $45 Billion in Computing Power from Nscale, Potentially Becoming Their Second Major Deal] According to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, AI cloud computing company Nscale, backed by Nvidia, is in talks with Anthropic to sell computing power in a deal potentially valued at approximately $45 billion. As planned, Nscale will build a second facility at its Monarch data center campus in West Virginia, USA, providing 460 megawatts of computing power and utilizing Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips. Anthropic also holds the right of first refusal for a third facility. Sources indicate the deal could be finalized in the coming days, though details may still change. According to Nscale's IPO filing documents, Anthropic had previously signed an infrastructure agreement with Nscale valued at approximately $44.6 billion.