https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/series/industry--platforms/Recent content in Industry & Platforms on Osmond van HemertHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Osmond van Hemert. All rights reserved.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260507-anthropic-compute-moat/Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260507-anthropic-compute-moat/Anthropic just bought all 300+ MW of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data centre. 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