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Nov 9, 2026
Anthropic Pays $3.4 Billion for 1.7GW of Gas Generators to Power AI Data Centers
Anthropic has spent $3.4 billion to take over a queue position for 1.7 gigawatts of Caterpillar gas generators originally ordered by OnePWR Solutions. It is the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab, as demand outruns factory capacity for new generator orders.
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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic Back Unified AI Training Opt-Out in Robots.txt
The four largest Western AI labs will honor a single robots.txt policy token that lets website owners opt out of AI training across all their crawlers at once. Anthropic has already begun implementation; OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft follow in 2027.
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OpenAI Acquires Pierre to Build End-to-End Dev Platform in Codex
OpenAI is acquiring Pierre Computer Company, maker of Code Storage and open-source Git tools Trees and Diffs, to transform Codex from an AI coding assistant into a full-spectrum development platform. The deal brings Pierre's source control, code review, and project organization tools into Codex, building on OpenAI's recently launched Pando Git backend.
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