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Meta launches Meta Compute to sell idle AI capacity, partners with BlackRock on $14B data center
Meta announces Meta Compute, selling idle AI capacity externally, and partners with BlackRock on a $14B data center. Meta is in talks to lease $10B in compute to Anthropic. With 2026 capex raised to $125-145B, Meta transforms from a social platform to an AI infrastructure provider.
Meta Transforms into AI Compute Landlord with $10B Anthropic Lease Deal
Meta is in early talks with Anthropic for a $10 billion compute lease deal, marking its strategic shift from internal AI infrastructure user to commercial landlord. This move monetizes Meta's massive capex and creates an inter-cloud leasing model, fundamentally reshaping the AI compute supply chain.
NVIDIA Invests $2B in CoreWeave, Debuts 'Compute Central Bank' Model
NVIDIA invests $2 billion in CoreWeave and launches the AI Compute Partner Program, featuring credit enhancement, revenue sharing, and GPU buyback. This transforms NVIDIA from a hardware vendor into a 'compute central bank', tightening control over the AI cloud leasing ecosystem and squeezing intermediaries.