{"id":508534,"date":"2026-06-24T07:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/508534\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:39:17","slug":"spacex-secures-6-3bn-compute-capacity-deal-from-ai-startup-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/508534\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX secures $6.3bn compute capacity deal from AI startup Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"8l5mb\">SpaceX has secured another cloud computing contract for its Colossus data center infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3v9ho\">The latest agreement has been signed with Reflection AI, an open-source AI startup.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8l5mb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/22\/spacex-ai-colossus-data-center-reflection.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a> reports that Reflection will be leasing access to Nvidia GB300s, and has agreed to pay $150 million per month from July 2026 through 2029, for a total of $6.3bn should the contract run to its full term.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"at7ag\">The capacity will be from the Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"903e\">The company purchased the site for Colossus 2 last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-xai-buys-one-million-sq-ft-site-for-second-memphis-data-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March<\/a>, and the data center came online in January. Despite Musk claiming it offered 1GW of capacity at launch, satellite imagery taken in January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/artificial-intelligence\/elon-musks-xai-colossus-2-is-nowhere-near-1-gigawatt-capacity-satellite-imagery-suggests-despite-claims-site-only-has-350-megawatts-of-cooling-capacity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a> showed it had cooling equipment installed capable of managing 350MW. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/xai-deploys-19-natural-gas-turbines-at-colossus-2-data-center-in-southaven-mississippi-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 2026<\/a>, the company was reportedly deploying 19 natural gas turbines at the site.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"frk66\">Both companies have the option to terminate the contract with 90 days&#8217; notice after the first three months.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"63c3j\">This deal is the latest cloud-style computing agreement SpaceX has signed, following those with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/anthropic-to-use-all-of-spacex-xais-colossus-1-data-center-compute\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/google-to-pay-920-million-to-spacex-monthly-for-ai-capacity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, and Cursor &#8211; an AI coding platform. SpaceX is now set to acquire Cursor.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1qke5\">Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX launched its IPO on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/spacex-goes-public-elon-musk-becomes-worlds-first-trillionaire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 12<\/a>, and within days had become the world&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/spacex-shares-keep-rising-company-worth-more-than-microsoft-and-amazon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fourth-largest<\/a> publicly traded company. The company has, however, since seen its share price significantly drop following a $20 billion bond offering launched yesterday. Its market cap is currently sitting at $2.03 trillion, down from $2.94trn last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SpaceX has secured another cloud computing contract for its Colossus data center infrastructure. 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