The Anthropic data center project is a $5 billion-plus hyperscale AI campus in Texas, being developed and operated by Nexus Data Centers across 2,800 acres with Google financial backing. Since the original reporting, the DoD legal dispute has reached a critical juncture: a California federal judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in late March, ruling that the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation constituted illegal First Amendment retaliation. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently denied Anthropic’s request for a parallel stay in April, creating a split outcome that leaves Anthropic excluded from DoD contracts while remaining free to operate with other government agencies during ongoing litigation.

Eagle Point Debt and Google’s Deepening Texas Footprint Steady the Build

DC court opening arguments were heard in May 2026, with the case moving at an expedited pace. Asset manager Eagle Point has been identified as the source of early-stage debt financing that kept the Nexus campus moving through the legal turbulence, a detail not disclosed at the time of the original report. Google has since reinforced its Texas infrastructure commitment by announcing the Meitner Energy Center in Gray County alongside energy partner Intersect, a separate 1 GW co-located data center and clean energy project, further anchoring Google’s position as the dominant hyperscaler shaping Texas AI infrastructure.

Project Overview

• Project Name: Anthropic Data Center Campus (Nexus Data Centers Texas)
• Location: Texas, United States (near major gas pipeline; exact county not publicly disclosed)
• Developer / Operator: Nexus Data Centers
• Total Cost / Value: $5 billion+ (initial phase)
• Scale / Capacity: Initial target of 500 MW by late 2026; long-term expansion potential to 7.7 GW
• Construction Start: Early 2026 (construction underway as of March 2026)
• Expected Completion: Initial 500 MW phase targeted for late 2026
• Funding / Financing: Google construction loan backing; early-stage debt from Eagle Point; bank consortium competing to arrange broader financing by mid-2026; Google’s credit rating lowering overall borrowing costs
• Current Status: Under construction; legal proceedings ongoing in both California and DC courts
• Key Milestone: California preliminary injunction granted in favour of Anthropic (March 24, 2026); DC Circuit opening arguments heard May 2026

Project Team

• Anthropic — Client / Lessee
• Nexus Data Centers — Developer and Operator; CEO Ivan Van der Walt
• Google (Alphabet) — Financial Backer (construction loan); strategic partner with 14% equity stake in Anthropic
• Eagle Point — Early-Stage Debt Financier
• Bank Consortium (TBC) — Project Financing Syndicate (mid-2026 close targeted)
• U.S. Department of Defense / Department of War — Counterparty in supply chain risk designation litigation
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Judge Rita Lin) — Granted preliminary injunction in favour of Anthropic, March 2026
• U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit — Denied stay; expedited hearing; opening arguments May 2026
• Fluidstack — GPU cloud partner for Anthropic’s broader $50 billion US infrastructure programme

Reported 30th March 2026: The implementation of a $5bn+ Anthropic data center in Texas has reportedly received financial backing from tech giant Google. The backing could include construction loans for Nexus Data Centers, the company that will operate the data center for Anthropic. Moreover, these reports were noted by people close to the project. According to Financial Times, a consortium of banks is competing to provide project financing by the middle of 2026.

The estimates are expected to be as much as $5billion. Furthermore, with Google’s backing, this will enable the financing to have a lower cost as it will have a better credit rating. The financial backing terms come amidst a tumultuous time for Anthropic following the recent lawsuit with the Department of Defense (DoD).

The suit comes after the department designated the company a supply chain risk over a contractual dispute in which Anthropic refused its AI to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Other than the Anthropic data center campus, PowerHouse is also advancing its Irving data center as it tops out its first building. Other states across the U.S. are also advancing data center projects such as Prologis’ Project Mila data center campus in Ohio. The project has acquired site plans approval, inching it closer to commencing major construction.

The Challenges that May Face the Anthropic Data Center in Texas

Anthropic has warned that the current status with the DoD could cost it multiple billions of dollars and that “if investors opt not to invest in Anthropic in the future, Anthropic will be unable to train the next generation of models, further eroding its commercial position and investor confidence.” If this happens, projects such as the Anthropic data center in Texas will be at a staggering disadvantage.

The data center campus, being developed by Nexus Data Centers, will span 2,800 acres. The client company also signed a lease for the project earlier this month. The campus is aimed to offer 500MW of capacity later this year. However, it could eventually be expanded to around 7.7GW. The site is also located near a major gas pipeline. This means it would enable the site to be powered with gas turbines owned by Nexus.

There is limited information about Nexus is available online. Nonetheless, what is there shows the company is headed by CEO Ivan Van der Walt, who has a background in the energy industry. In December 2025, Nexus proposed a data center campus for around 2,000 acres of land in Hubbard, Texas. At the time, the project was expected to offer 612MW powered by natural gas turbines. The project has already broken ground.

Hubbard is located south of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and northeast of Waco. Google has long been a supporter of Anthropic, having previously invested around $2bn in 2023 and also another $1bn in 2025.