Anthropic to Pay SpaceX $1.25 Billion Monthly for Colossus 1 Compute Access

Anthropic will pay SpaceX $1.25 billion monthly through May 2029 for computing power at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center — a deal worth roughly $45 billion total. SpaceX disclosed the agreement in its first earnings report since its June 2026 IPO. Based on Q2 2026 figures, the contract accounts for nearly half of SpaceX's AI division annualized revenue run rate.