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Musk Clarifies SpaceX AI Lease: Short-Term Deal with Anthropic
28 May
Summary
- SpaceX's AI data center lease with Anthropic is for six months.
- The initial agreement involved $1.25 billion monthly payments for compute.
- Musk stated the short-term lease was SpaceX's request.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has clarified the terms of a lease agreement between SpaceX and AI company Anthropic concerning its Colossus AI training data center clusters. Musk stated on X that the current arrangement is a six-month lease. He indicated that while a multi-year extension is possible, SpaceX has not committed to such an arrangement.
Earlier reports suggested that Anthropic would pay SpaceX $1.25 billion per month for compute capacity through May 2029. However, Musk emphasized that the shorter lease term was a request from SpaceX, not Anthropic. He assured that SpaceX would provide a reasonable off-ramp for Anthropic but noted the possibility of needing the capacity back if compute resources become constrained.
