{"id":279,"date":"2026-06-06T08:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidashxp.com\/google-spacex-compute-deal-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:12:03","slug":"google-spacex-compute-deal-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidashxp.com\/en\/google-spacex-compute-deal-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Google spends US$920 million per month to rent SpaceX computing power: AI infrastructure arms race intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle for AI computing power has entered a new stage:<strong>Google will rent SpaceX\u2019s GPU computing power at a sky-high price of $920 million per month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">$920 million\/month: How expensive is computing power?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A simple calculation:<strong>Total contract period of 32 months is approximately US$29.5 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For comparison, Anthropic also signed a similar agreement with SpaceX at the end of May, paying<strong>$1.25 billion per month<\/strong>Rent computing power at SpaceX\u2019s Colossus data center near Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SpaceX: From rocket company to AI computing empire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most interesting thing about this deal is that<strong>Seller's identity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing is equally intriguing: the deal<strong>Announced a week before SpaceX goes public (June 12)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI Infrastructure: From \u201cInsufficient Capacity\u201d to \u201cArms Race\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Google described the deal as a \"short-term agreement\" to meet \"customer demand that far exceeds expectations\" - 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