{"id":531684,"date":"2026-07-18T03:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/531684\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T03:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:32:17","slug":"spacex-reportedly-in-talks-to-supply-pentagon-with-ai-computing-power-worth-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/531684\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Reportedly In Talks To Supply Pentagon With AI Computing Power Worth Billions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle already provide capacity to the Pentagon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX is planning a major expansion of its cloud-computing efforts, including competing directly with providers like CoreWeave by offering its computing capacity at lower prices, the report said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX has already signed cloud-computing deals with Anthropic, Google, and Reflection AI.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Elon Musk&#8217;s rocket manufacturing and AI company SpaceX (SPCX) is reportedly in talks with the Pentagon to supply billions of dollars&#8217; worth of data-center capacity for running AI models.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the two sides are negotiating an arrangement under which SpaceX would provide computing capacity to the department at a cost of up to several billion dollars. Talks could collapse with no deal, people familiar with the matter told the Journal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/newsletters\" data-ylk=\"slk:See%20what%2010M%2B%20investors%20are%20talking%20about.%20Get%20the%20Stocktwits%20Daily%20Rip%20for%20what%20retail%20is%20watching%20right%20now%2C%20free%20to%20your%20inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;See what 10M+ investors are talking about. Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See what 10M+ investors are talking about. Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle already provide capacity to the Pentagon. The potential detail would give the United States Department of Defense more cloud-computing resources to support AI applications across the National Security Agency and warfighters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX, meanwhile, is planning a major expansion of its cloud-computing efforts, including competing directly with providers like CoreWeave by offering its computing capacity at lower prices, the report said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SPCX shares closed down 5.5% on Friday, and clocked its sixth consecutive day in the red.  <\/p>\n<p>        SpaceX AI Efforts          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX acquired Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI earlier this year and went public in June. The company subsequently integrated Grok AI models and data centers into its business under the segment now called SpaceXAI. The company has rapidly built massive data centers in Memphis and has also touted putting up data centers in space to resolve the ongoing computing shortage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX has already signed cloud-computing deals with Anthropic, Google, and Reflection AI in recent months to rent out data-center capacity for running AI models. Combined, the three deals represent roughly $27\u201328 billion in annualized revenue at full rates. All contracts include flexibility clauses allowing early termination, reflecting the fast-moving AI sector.  <\/p>\n<p>        How Did SPCX Retail Traders React?          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around SPCX stock stayed within the &#8216;bearish&#8217; territory over the past 24 hours, while message volume was &#8216;low.&#8217;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">A Stocktwits user opined that the potential deal would push the stock above its IPO price yet again.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle already provide capacity to the Pentagon. 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