SpaceX Cloud and AI Infrastructure Agreements with Anthropic and Google
In preparation for its initial public offering, SpaceX has secured multi-billion dollar cloud computing agreements with Anthropic and Google. These deals involve leasing significant GPU capacity from SpaceX's data centers, notably the Colossus 1 facility, generating an estimated $26 billion in annual recurring revenue.
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Anthropic entered into a partnership with SpaceX in May 2026 to lease computing capacity at the Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Anthropic's agreement provides access to more than 300 megawatts of capacity, including over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs.
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SpaceX signed a multi-year cloud services agreement with Google on June 5, 2026, for approximately 110,000 Nvidia GPUs and related components.
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Google is scheduled to pay SpaceX $920 million monthly from October 2026 through June 2029 for computing capacity.
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Anthropic's agreement includes a monthly payment of $1.25 billion through May 2029.
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Combined annual recurring revenue from the Google and Anthropic deals is estimated at approximately $26 billion.
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SpaceX is targeting a $75 billion raise in an upcoming initial public offering scheduled for June 2026.
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Google maintains all ownership and intellectual property rights for its content and AI models under the SpaceX agreement.
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SpaceX is in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Defense to supply data center capacity for Pentagon AI workloads.
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Elon Musk described the Anthropic lease as a short-term deal that may be terminated by either party upon 90 days' notice.
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Anthropic has expressed interest in partnering with SpaceX to develop orbital AI compute capacity.