Anthropic → xAI: $40B cloud & services

Anthropic rents Colossus 1 from SpaceX/xAI. Anthropic takes all of Colossus 1's capacity in Memphis (over 300 MW, 220,000+ Nvidia GPUs). SpaceX's S-1 filing indicates $1.25 billion a month through May 2029, over $40 billion in total.

This deal is 8% of everything Anthropic pays and 25% of everything xAI receives in this database.

Date

May 6, 2026

Paid by

Anthropic

Received by

xAI

Type

Cloud & services

Amount

$40B

Status

announced

Note

all of Colossus 1 (~300 MW, ~220,000 GPUs)

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