CNBC reports sources say Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing smaller AI data-center agreements of roughly 20–30 MW as competition for deployment infrastructure intensifies. Both firms have signed deals for hundreds of megawatts to gigawatts over the past year, but four sources said they are now targeting much smaller capacity deals. Anthropic has held talks in the UK and the Nordics on agreements in this range; two sources said OpenAI has explored similar small-scale deployments in the Nordics, an

CNBC reports sources say Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing smaller AI data-center agreements of roughly 20–30 MW as competition for deployment infrastructure intensifies. Both firms have signed deals for hundreds of megawatts to gigawatts over the past year, but four sources said they are now targeting much smaller capacity deals. Anthropic has held talks in the UK and the Nordics on agreements in this range; two sources said OpenAI has explored similar small-scale deployments in the Nordics, and one source said both companies have discussed comparable U.S. deployments.