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Google will pay SpaceX $920 million a month to use xAI's data centers
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Google will pay SpaceX $920 million each month for access to AI compute capacity at SpaceX’s xAI data centers, using Nvidia chips. The cloud-services agreement is slated to run through mid-2029, providing Google with the compute resources needed for its artificial-intelligence workloads.
Written from all 5 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechCrunch·Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute
- TechMeme·Filing: Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920M a month for access to Nvidia chips as part of a cloud-services deal that runs through mid-2029 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
- Hacker News·Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers
- The Next Web·Google will pay SpaceX $920 million a month for AI compute as Musk turns a data centre built for Grok into a cash machine
- Engadget·Google will pay SpaceX $920 million a month to use xAI's data centers
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