MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind Claude, is moving to servers in Memphis at the Colossus 1 supercomputer built by xAI.
SpaceXAI, the company formerly called xAI before a recent merger, said Wednesday that the company has signed an agreement with Anthropic to provide access to Colossus 1.
Anthropic says the move would give it access to more than 300 megawatts of new capacity and substantially increase compute capacity for its Claude Code and the Claude API products.
Memphis Mayor Paul Young welcomed the company to Memphis, saying he had spoken with Anthropic’s team and they “expressed genuine interest in becoming a great neighbor in Memphis, not just a tenant.”
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Young said Anthropic’s mission was “the responsible development of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity, with accountability to the public good embedded in its corporate DNA.”
The company will now be the sole tenant at the Memphis site, Young said.
Elon Musk-founded xAI opened the Colossus facility in southwest Memphis in 2024. The company now operates multiple data centers in and around Memphis.
The company calls Colossus 1, which houses more than 220,000 Nvidia processors, “one of the world’s largest and fastest-deployed AI supercomputers.”
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xAI has drawn fire from environmental groups for the emissions from gas turbines used to provide backup power for its facilities, which are located near historically Black neighborhoods in Memphis, and for their usage of water from the local aquifer.
Anthropic’s Claude has seen a surge in popularity this year, becoming the No. 1 free app early this year, according to Apple and surpassing competitors ChatGPT and Gemini.
Anthropic has been shut out of defense contracts after a public dispute and legal fight with the Trump administration over the ethics and safety of AI usage in war, the Associated Press reported.
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