⚡Anthropic to Pay xAI $1.25B Monthly for GPU Compute
TL;DR
A SpaceX IPO filing revealed Anthropic will pay roughly $1.25B per month, about $15B a year, through 2029 for xAI's Colossus compute. The deal adds 300+ MW and over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs as Anthropic chases capacity.
A SpaceX IPO filing revealed Anthropic will pay roughly $1.25B per month, about $15B a year, through 2029 for xAI's Colossus compute. The deal adds 300+ MW and over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs as Anthropic chases capacity.

Key Points
About $1.25B/month, roughly $15B/year, running through May 2029
Disclosed via SpaceX's S-1 IPO registration filing
Adds 300+ MW of capacity and 220,000+ Nvidia GPUs
Anthropic expands from Colossus 1 to the Colossus 2 facility
Why It Matters
Two AI rivals trading $15B a year for GPUs shows compute scarcity now overrides competition, and reshapes who funds whose data centers.
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