MoneyJuly 30, 2026via CNBC Technology
Nexus Data Centers in advanced talks to secure $15B for Google-backed Anthropic data center
Why it matters
A $15B debt facility for data-center buildout backing Anthropic represents both the scale of capital mobilization around AI infrastructure and the emerging pattern of dedicated financing for frontier-lab compute needs. This is strategic infrastructure investment, not a vendor sale.
Key signals
- $15B debt facility
- Morgan Stanley as lead banker
- Nexus Data Centers as borrower
- Anthropic as the anchor/beneficiary
- Google involvement (stakeholder in Anthropic)
- Advanced talks stage (not yet closed)
- Data-center infrastructure as the use case
The hook
$15B. Morgan Stanley is leading a financing round for Nexus Data Centers to build infrastructure for Anthropic—a rare signal of capital flowing directly to frontier-lab support infrastructure.
Morgan Stanley is the lead banker engaging in advanced talks to lend $15 billion to Nexus Data Centers, CNBC confirmed.