Anthropic can now cancel a $34.9B GPU cloud contract because Lambda missed its deadline to lease a facility.
From Anthropic's amended its S-1 filing today.
Canceling would erase $34.9B of commitments, but it would lose capacity it can’t quickly replace and lean harder on short-term compute that costs significantly more.
The lease covers the data center site Lambda needs for those GPUs, and because fees start only on delivery, waiting costs Anthropic nothing in fees and keeps its exit open.
It signed deals with Lambda in May, June and August 2026 to rent NVIDIA GPU capacity, paying only as that capacity is delivered and accepted.
The August deal let either side walk away if Lambda failed to secure the facility lease by a set date, and Anthropic’s amended IPO filing confirms it didn’t.
Neither side has sent notice, and Anthropic doesn’t “currently intend” to exit a deal covering most of its roughly $41.3B Lambda commitment.