Elon Musk's SpaceX turns Google into a $920 million-a-month compute customer

The deal, disclosed a week before SpaceX's expected Nasdaq debut, would run through June 2029 unless either side exits early.

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Primary source: TechCrunch

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SpaceX is using AI compute contracts to broaden its IPO story beyond rockets and satellites, while Google is signaling that even hyperscalers still need outside GPU capacity.

Illustration of a SpaceX rocket handing a contract and a stack of cash to a Google Cloud symbol, representing their compute services deal.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has signed Google to a compute rental agreement worth $920 million a month, according to a SpaceX regulatory filing on Friday that was first reported by TechCrunch.…

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