How can SpaceX have so much GPU spare capacity? It doesn't make any sense. Did M...

pjscott · 2026-06-06T20:07:01 1780776421

Musk made big investments in building AI data centers starting in 2024, continuing through the present. SpaceX got those assets from xAI, spun off from X, via an acquisition. More details:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(supercomputer)

diziet_sma · 2026-06-06T20:35:34 1780778134

That wikipedia page mentions SpaceX reached a deal to lease all of Colossus 1 to Anthropic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(supercomputer)#cite_...

So will SpaceX lease Colossus 2 to Google? If both Colossus datacenters are rented, will xAI have any compute?

stogot · 2026-06-06T17:00:18 1780765218

They acquired xAI

zxspectrum1982 · 2026-06-06T21:21:32 1780780892

so why did xAI acquire so many GPUs but have no use for them today?