Hut 8 to Spend $7 Billion on River Bend AI Campus for Google
Alphabet secures high-performance computing capacity from Hut 8 for AI workloads. Hut 8 will invest $7 billion to expand its River Bend AI data centre in Louisiana, supplying power, microchips and infrastructure under contracts that include capacity commitments for Google and Anthropic.
1. Alphabet Secures AI Capacity from Hut 8
Alphabet has entered agreements with Hut 8 to procure high-performance computing capacity for artificial intelligence workloads, joining AI start-up Anthropic as a customer of the crypto miner’s emerging data centre services.
2. $7B River Bend Expansion Plan
Hut 8 plans to invest $7 billion U.S. in power contracts, microchips and infrastructure to expand its River Bend AI data centre campus in Louisiana, aiming to reach gigawatt-scale operations and meet current and future demand from Google and Anthropic.