SpaceX Seals Mega AI Compute Deal with Google Ahead of Historic IPO
Just one week before its historic stock market debut, Elon Musk’s space and AI technology company SpaceX has secured another massive commercial agreement. Tech giant Google has signed a mega deal to rent processors and computational power from SpaceX to meet the rapidly growing demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The information was confirmed through a SpaceX filing submitted to U.S. regulators on Friday.
Under the terms of the agreement, Google will pay SpaceX USD 920 million per month (nearly USD 1 billion) from October 2026 through June 2029. In return, Google will receive exclusive access to approximately 110,000 state-of-the-art Nvidia GPUs, CPUs, memory resources, and other AI hardware infrastructure operated by SpaceX.
Another Major Deal After Anthropic
The agreement follows a similar long-term arrangement that SpaceX signed with leading AI company Anthropic in late May. Under that deal, Anthropic agreed to pay SpaceX USD 1.25 billion per month through 2029 in exchange for full access to the computing infrastructure of the “Colossus 1” data center located near Memphis, Tennessee. Notably, the mega data center was originally built by Elon Musk’s own company xAI for AI training purposes and is now part of SpaceX.
Based on the figures, Google is effectively leasing roughly half the computing capacity secured by Anthropic. However, SpaceX has not disclosed which specific data center Google will use. Elon Musk had previously indicated that the company’s under-construction “Colossus 2” data center would be reserved exclusively for xAI’s internal operations.
Google’s Familiar Strategy and the Gemini Enterprise Boom
Before the SpaceX agreement, Anthropic’s own computing capacity had been severely constrained, prompting the company to expand chatbot usage limits on the same day the deal was announced. Google, however, is in a very different position, as it is widely regarded as the world’s largest single owner of AI computing infrastructure.
Despite possessing such extensive internal resources, Google cited unexpectedly soaring demand for its newly launched AI products as the reason for leasing processors from SpaceX.
In a statement, a Google spokesperson said, “Google Cloud and SpaceX have been long-standing business partners. We have received a much stronger response than anticipated from customers for our new large-agent platform, Gemini Enterprise. This temporary agreement with SpaceX serves as bridge capacity to meet the immediate pressure created by this increased demand.”
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is already spending heavily on AI infrastructure expansion. The company has committed more than USD 180 billion in capital expenditures this year and has indicated that spending will rise even further in 2027. To help finance these investments, Alphabet recently announced plans to sell USD 80 billion worth of shares.
Cancellation Clause and a Trillion-Dollar IPO
Like the Anthropic agreement, Google’s contract includes a special termination clause. After December 31, 2026, either party may terminate the agreement with just 90 days’ notice.
According to the contract, Google will begin receiving access to the data center at a discounted rate through September. However, if SpaceX fails to deliver the promised 110,000 GPUs by September 30, 2026, Google may terminate the agreement entirely after a one-month grace period or reduce its monthly payment and continue using whatever GPU capacity has been provided.
SpaceX revealed the mega deal at a time when the company is preparing to begin stock trading on the Nasdaq exchange next week. According to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), SpaceX aims to raise approximately USD 75 billion through its IPO at a market valuation of around USD 1.75 trillion, making it the largest IPO in corporate history.
It is worth noting that Google has long been one of SpaceX’s major investors. Following the IPO, the value of Google’s stake in SpaceX is expected to exceed USD 100 billion. The two companies are also reportedly discussing the development of orbital data centers in space, which is expected to become one of SpaceX’s flagship projects after the IPO.
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