Musk Says SpaceX Agreed only Six-Month Colossus AI Lease to Anthropic
Musk said the deal is a 180-day lease with a 90-day cancellation right, a detail that could affect investor scrutiny ahead of SpaceX’s IPO.
- On Thursday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk clarified that the company agreed to lease its Colossus AI data center clusters to Anthropic for only 180 days, contradicting the S-1 filing that implied a three-year commitment through May 2029.
- Regulatory filings submitted last week presented the partnership as a 36-month arrangement, with Anthropic agreeing to pay $1.25 billion monthly for compute capacity through May 2029, creating a material discrepancy.
- Musk described the contract as a 180-day base lease with mutual 90-day cancellation rights, stating on X that "the short term was our request, not Anthropic's," though he acknowledged extension remains possible.
- SpaceX's AI division reported segment revenue of $818 million in the March quarter while recording losses of about $2.5 billion from operations, underscoring the financial stakes of the Colossus compute deal.
- Prospective investors and analysts are expected to scrutinize this disclosure gap when the SpaceX IPO roadshow begins on June 8, as they evaluate the long-term stability of the company's compute services revenue.
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