Four banks and Blackstone announce $63B financing for Broadcom AI chips leased to Anthropic
Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley announced a $63 billion transaction to finance AI compute capacity using Broadcom XPU accelerators and networking solutions for Anthropic. The financing runs through a newly formed special purpose vehicle, which will lease the hardware to Anthropic. The transaction is part of a previously announced Broadcom compute capacity agreement, with expected deliveries starting in calendar 2027. The first lien is arranged by Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley, while Blackstone provides the committed second lien portion. Broadcom is providing residual value support equal to the first lien amount.
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Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley announced a $63 billion transaction to finance AI compute capacity using Broadcom XPU accelerators and networking solutions for Anthropic. The financing runs through a newly formed special purpose vehicle, which will lease the hardware to Anthropic. The transaction is part of a previously announced Broadcom compute capacity agreement, with expected deliveries starting in calendar 2027. The first lien is arranged by Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley, while Blackstone provides the committed second lien portion. Broadcom is providing residual value support equal to the first lien amount.
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- A $63 billion SPV-based financing will support purchase of Broadcom XPU AI accelerators and networking solutions leased to Anthropic.
- Expected deliveries under the underlying compute capacity agreement start in calendar 2027.
- Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley arrange the first lien; Blackstone is sole provider of the committed second lien portion.
- Broadcom provides residual value support to the SPV equal to the first lien financing amount.
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A joint release (Oct 26, 4:15 PM ET, issued by Broadcom) says Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley will finance a new SPV with $63B to buy Broadcom XPU accelerators and networking gear to be leased to Anthropic, with deliveries from 2027. BofA, Citi and MS arrange the first lien; Blackstone the committed second lien; Broadcom gives residual value support. Lien sizes undisclosed.
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The deal illustrates how large private and bank capital is being structured to fund frontier AI compute buildouts, using leasing and residual value guarantees rather than direct corporate balance-sheet purchases.
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