SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo
SpaceX has locked in a binding commitment for roughly $40 billion in financing to pay for AI chips and related data center equipment, the company disclosed…
TechCrunch reports: SpaceX has locked in a binding commitment for roughly $40 billion in financing to pay for AI chips and related data center equipment, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday.
In a statement, SpaceX called it the “largest committed GPU financing” ever.
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