SpaceX lands Google AI compute deal after Anthropic pact ahead of IPO


The SpaceX logo is seen in this illustration taken June 5, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

June 5 (Reuters) - SpaceX said ⁠on Friday it has entered into a multi-year cloud services agreement ⁠with Alphabet's Google, locking in computing capacity as it prepares ‌for its highly anticipated U.S. stock market debut next week.

As part of the deal, Google will pay SpaceX $920 million monthly from October this year to June 2029, with capacity ramping ​up through September at a reduced fee, Elon ⁠Musk's space venture said in ⁠a regulatory filing.

The compute capacity provided includes about 110,000 Nvidia GPUs, CPUs, ⁠memory ‌and other related components.

The pact brings another high-profile customer to SpaceX, after Anthropic, strengthening its AI narrative as it targets a $75 ⁠billion raise in its upcoming initial public offering.

Anthropic said ​in May it ‌had reached a deal to use the full computing power of ⁠SpaceX's Colossus 1 ​facility in Memphis, Tennessee, which houses more than 220,000 Nvidia processors and will give the Claude chatbot maker 300 megawatts of new capacity within a month.

On ⁠an annual basis, SpaceX's compute access deals ​with Anthropic and Google are worth roughly $26 billion combined.

SpaceX's disclosed compute-capacity agreements with Anthropic and Google are worth more than $70 billion in aggregate, assuming neither contract ⁠is terminated before its scheduled end date.

If SpaceX does not provide access to the agreed number of GPUs by September 30, then, after a one-month grace period, "Google may immediately terminate the agreement or accept the number ​of GPUs provided, with a corresponding pro-rata reduction ⁠in the monthly fees," the company said.

After December 31, either party may terminate ​the agreement by providing 90 days' notice. ‌Google will retain ownership of, and all ​intellectual property rights in, its content, AI models and associated data.

(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)

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