Lumen Technologies has signed a partnership with Anthropic valued at approximately $13 billion to expand its fiber network across North America. The company has also acquired cloud networking platform Alkira and signed a deal with the New York Yankees to connect Yankee Stadium to a Tampa data center facility. Gartner named Lumen as « the company to beat » in enterprise WAN and connectivity services for AI. These strategic moves position the former telecom operator as a central player in the AI economy, although the company carries significant debt from its legacy operations.
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