Anthropic signed about $417 billion of new or expanded computing contracts in the first five months of 2026; by June 30, leases not yet started totaled $321 billion and noncancelable purchase commitments $266 billion, mostly not yet on the balance sheet. The filing calls them 'substantial fixed obligations', while the company held about $132 billion of cash, and the $80.7 billion first-half loss is largely a non-cash charge from convertible notes, with $72.4 billion from that line. The article notes compute cost as a share of revenue fell from about 200% a year earlier to about 55%: if that keeps falling, the commitments look like a growth plan, but if it rises again, they become a weight. It also compares this to telecom companies that borrowed heavily in 2000 to build capacity and went broke when prices fell faster than demand.
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