SpaceX Signs $6.3B Compute Deal with Reflection AI, Cementing Memphis as AI Capital
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SpaceX signed a $6.3 billion compute deal with Nvidia-backed open-source AI startup Reflection AI, giving them access to GB300 chips at the Colossus 2 data center in Memphis at $150M/month. Combined with existing deals with Anthropic ($1.25B/month) and Google ($920M/month), SpaceX now collects over $2.3B monthly in AI compute revenue, transforming from a space company into arguably the world's largest AI infrastructure provider.
Our Take
SpaceX's rocket company has quietly become the world's biggest AI compute landlord, and the GPU warehouses in Memphis are deciding who gets to build the future.
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