AI company Anthropic announces a multi-gigawatt next-generation TPU computing infrastructure agreement with Google and Broadcom. Reports indicate that the surging demand for AI computing power is competing with Bitcoin mining for cheap electricity and scarce resources such as data centers. Faced with rising operating costs and fluctuating mining revenues, several mainstream Bitcoin mining companies, including Core Scientific and Iris Energy, are increasingly shifting toward AI workload hosting services to achieve more stable cash flow. (CoinDesk)