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SpaceX enters $40 billion deal with Apollo for AI chip financing

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US January 19, 2020.

SpaceX enters $40 billion deal with Apollo for AI chip financing
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SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US January 19, 2020.

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PHOTO: REUTERSSpaceX said on Monday an affiliate of Apollo Global Management will buy AI chips and server hardware ‌and lease them to the rockets-to-AI firm, in a deal with total principal payments of about $40 billion.Each lease ​will run a little over five years ​from the day the equipment arrives, according to ⁠a regulatory filing.The deal highlights SpaceX's heavy ​spending, as it tries to capitalise on surging ​demand for computing….

The leases are ​expected to start in the first half of 2027, once ‌the ⁠chips are delivered.Read: Bill Gates warns of 20 years of turmoil from artificial intelligenceOn Sunday, CEO Elon Musk said on X that SpaceX had "closed" $40 billion in debt financing for graphics processing units.Musk said the funding ​mainly targeted ​chips arriving ⁠in the first and second quarters and would not be "a major factor ​this quarter."CFO….

Unless otherwise stated, all content is SpaceX enters $40 billion deal with Apollo for AI chip financing Reuters | Updated 2 minutes ago | Each lease ​will run a little over five years ​from the day the equipment arrives, according to ⁠a regulatory filing.

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