Anthropic, the maker of Claude AI models, has agreed to pay Google $200 billion over the next five years for cloud services and custom chips. The agreement, reported by The Information, adds to a wave of multi‑billion‑dollar contracts that are creating a $2 trillion revenue backlog for the world’s biggest cloud providers. Industry analysts say the deal underscores the escalating cost of powering large‑scale AI models and raises questions about the long‑term sustainability of such massive spending. Read more →