Anthropic Joins Azure: The $30 Billion Partnership Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025
Microsoft Ignite 2025 delivered one of the most significant AI partnership announcements of the year: Anthropic, the maker of Claude, is now officially part of the Azure ecosystem. This three-way deal between Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic reshapes the enterprise AI landscape. The Deal The numbers are staggering: Anthropic commits $30 billion to Azure compute capacity Microsoft invests up to $5 billion in Anthropic NVIDIA invests up to $10 billion in Anthropic Anthropic contracts for up to one gigawatt of additional compute power This makes Azure the only cloud provider hosting both OpenAI and Anthropic frontier models—a massive strategic advantage for enterprise customers who want model choice without leaving Microsoft’s ecosystem. ...