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Anthropic Flags Gas Supply as One of Its Biggest Near-Term Risks

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Anthropic Flags Gas Supply as One of Its Biggest Near-Term Risks

Data centers’ reliance on private natural gas plants is a key near-term risk to Anthropic. In the company’s IPO filing on Monday, it warned that the data center gas buildout could drive prices higher in some regions, affecting its AI ambitions and other data center operators around the country.

As America’s data center boom keeps growing, the facilities are set to consume a staggering amount of natural gas, with many companies opting to build their own plants rather than wait years for grid connection. Energy analyst company Cleanview estimates that behind-the-meter gas projects in development as of October 2026 at 110 gigawatts, up from just 20 gigawatts in July of 2025.

Competition from other natural gas-fired data centers could leave Anthropic exposed to “fuel price volatility and supply disruptions that are outside of our control,” the company wrote in its IPO filing, and “could drive up the price of natural gas in such areas and may adversely affect our ability to contract for firm fuel supply.”

The surge in demand for gas comes on top of an already tight market for natural gas. US export terminals are sending more gas abroad for a variety of reasons, including geopolitical conflicts and federal support for exports. Export demand is expected to double over the next decade.

Still, data centers could add a hefty chunk of demand, even if just some of what’s in the pipeline is built. BloombergNEF estimates that grid-connected data centers alone could add an additional 15 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas demand by 2035, a 15 percent increase in overall demand.


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