WSJ: SpaceX in Talks to Provide Billions of Dollars in Computing Power for U.S. Defense Department AI Project

BlockBeats News, July 18th, according to WSJ report, sources revealed that SpaceX (SPCX.O) is in talks with the US Department of Defense to provide the agency with billions of dollars' worth of computing power to run artificial intelligence models, further strengthening Musk's company's cooperation with the Pentagon. These negotiations are still ongoing but could potentially fall through.

According to individuals familiar with the plan, SpaceX has recently signed similar agreements with Anthropic and Google in recent months and is now planning to significantly expand its cloud computing business. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that in recent weeks, SpaceX employees have discussed plans to offer computing power to AI customers at a lower price, aiming to compete more directly with existing suppliers like CoreWeave.