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Anthropic, SpaceX Sign Computing Contract

·2026.05.21 07:26

Key point

Anthropic has signed a contract to pay $1.25 billion per month to use SpaceX's computing resources.

Details

According to SpaceX's S-1 filing, SpaceX utilizes computing resources for its own AI applications (e.g., Grok 5, which is being trained on COLOSSUS II), while also offering some spare capacity to external customers.

The key terms of the contract are as follows:

  • Signed a cloud service agreement with Anthropic for computing capacity usage starting May 2026
  • Anthropic will pay SpaceX $1.25 billion per month through May 2029
  • Provides access to COLOSSUS and COLOSSUS II infrastructure

The contract's capacity is set to gradually expand over May and June 2026.

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