Google will back the financing for a Kentucky data center built for Anthropic, a sign of how much money the AI boom needs to keep growing.
TeraWulf, a company that builds data centers, said on Wednesday that Google has agreed to a credit backstop for its Kentucky project with Anthropic. In plain terms, Google will step in to support the financing if it is needed. The site is due to come online in the second half of 2027.
Building a data center takes a huge amount of borrowed money. A credit backstop is a safety net for the lenders. If the borrower runs into trouble, Google would step in to support the financing. That can make lenders more willing to say yes.
AI tools run in large buildings full of computers. Those buildings cost a lot to build and need a lot of power. This deal shows how much money is flowing into that effort, and how big companies are lending their credit to help it along. Over time, that spending can shape the cost and availability of the AI tools people use.
The material does not say how large the loans are, who the lenders are, or what the terms of the backstop look like. It also does not say how much computing power the site will provide. Those details would show how much risk Google is taking on.
Google is backing the financing for an Anthropic data center in Kentucky, due in late 2027, which shows how costly the AI build-out has become.
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