Google used Cloud Next 2026 to introduce its eighth-generation TPUs, including TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference, as it pushes to support the next wave of enterprise AI agents.
Anthropic has announced a major expansion of its Google Cloud and TPU footprint, a move that reinforces how generative AI’s biggest players are competing on compute as much as on model quality.
Anthropic is widening its infrastructure push with a new compute deal that expands access to Google Cloud TPUs and Broadcom-backed capacity. The move reflects how quickly demand for frontier AI models is translating into massive, long-term bets on chips, power, and data-center buildouts.
