Anthropic recently entered into compute deal with SpaceX, which will enable it to tap more than 300-megawatts of capacity at the latter’s Colossus 1 data centre, with access expected within the month.
The deal involves Anthropic using the compute power from SpaceX’s facility in Memphis, in the US state of Tennessee to boost capacity for its Claude Pro and Claude Max AI assistants.
Anthropic gains access to more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs at SpaceX’s data centre.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but Bloomberg reported the arrangement could represent hundreds of millions of dollars in yearly revenue for SpaceX unit xAI, based on recent market rates of $1.5 million to $2 million per megawatt annually.
The SpaceX agreement includes an expression of interest by Anthropic in developing multiple gigawatts of orbital computing capacity powered by solar energy, an ambition SpaceX-owner Elon Musk previously floated.
Source: Mobile World Live
Image Credit: SpaceX & Anthropic
