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SpaceX Leases Memphis Data Center to Anthropic, Boosting Claude’s Compute Power

SpaceX Leases Memphis Data Center to Anthropic, Boosting Claude’s Compute Power Digital Trends
SpaceX has signed a lease with Anthropic for the full capacity of its Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee. The early‑May 2026 deal gives Anthropic access to more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and over 300 megawatts of power, easing a near‑term compute crunch for the maker of Claude. SpaceX, which plans an IPO, turns idle infrastructure into revenue, while the arrangement underscores the growing importance of in‑house AI hardware as rivals such as xAI’s Grok scramble for resources. Read more