Anthropic anticipates spending at least $80 billion over the next three years on cloud services from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to support its Claude AI system. This projection, reported by The Information, highlights the significant investment required to operate AI technologies at scale. In addition to cloud service fees, these tech giants benefit from a share of the revenue generated when their customers purchase Anthropic's AI products, a revenue stream that is expanding rapidly. In 2024, Anthropic paid approximately $1.3 million in AI sales royalties to these cloud providers.