BREAKING
Anthropic-Amazon Switch to Token Billing
Compute Hours vs Tokens
Compute Hours
Current
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Billed by GPU usage time
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Easier to keep costs level
Token Model
From 2027
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Billed by tokens processed
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Costs can rise with usage
0
B
Amazon 2023-24
0
B
Added Apr 2026
0
B
Total incl. future
0
B
AWS commitment
0
yr
Over ten years
0
GW
Capacity secured
Amazon Hedges Future Costs
1
Token billing from 2027
↓
2
Distill Anthropic models
↓
3
Hedge with Nova models
Mutual Dependence, Opposite Bottom Lines
AI NEWS BLITZ
Anthropic has renegotiated how Amazon is billed for using Claude models.