Fluidstack's valuation surges to $18B as it pursues $1B funding round, riding momentum from its $50B Anthropic datacenter partnership.

AI datacenter startup Fluidstack is in talks to raise $1B at a $18B valuation

The fundraising comes just months after the company reached a $7.5B valuation

Fluidstack recently secured a $50B deal to build data centers for AI company Anthropic

The massive Anthropic contract signals strong demand for AI infrastructure and datacenter capacity