SpaceX Leases Full Colossus 1 Capacity to Anthropic as 3-Campus AI Plan Hits Latency Snags
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 12
SpaceX Leases Full Colossus 1 Capacity to Anthropic as 3-Campus AI Plan Hits Latency Snags
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 12
Summary
SpaceX rented out the entire Colossus 1 data center in Memphis to Anthropic after failing to use the site effectively for training and running its Grok AI models.
A 3-campus computing setup ran into latency problems linking Colossus 1 with two other data center sites more than 10 miles away, people familiar with the matter said.
Those connection issues were worsened by aging network infrastructure, undermining SpaceX's plan to concentrate massive computing power for its most advanced AI systems.
The lease marks a setback for Elon Musk's in-house AI buildout, with capacity originally intended for Grok redirected to an outside customer instead.