Anthropic to pay SpaceX $15 billion annually for AI data center access, IPO filing reveals
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Andrew J. Hawkins
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Summary
SpaceX's IPO filing reveals that Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.25 billion per month (approximately $15 billion annually) through May 2029 for access to SpaceX's Colossus AI data centers in Memphis, Tennessee. This massive deal could nearly double SpaceX's reported 2025 revenue of $18.7 billion, highlighting the enormous costs AI companies are willing to pay for compute infrastructure.
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That's $15 billion annually, which could nearly double the $18.7 billion in revenue that SpaceX reported in all of 2025
SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocket company's Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN.
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