Alphabet Inc Class CGoogle signed a cloud-services agreement paying SpaceX $920M/month for GPU access, and Google Cloud revenue rose 82% to $24.8B.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. says a new, unnamed hosting customer will begin paying $1.11 billion per month on December 1, a $13.32 billion annualized run rate that is not necessarily a guaranteed $13 billion contract. SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen disclosed the agreement at Goldman Sachs' September 10 technology conference, saying the deal had closed earlier that month but declining to identify the customer, capacity or full term, and describing the company's compute arrangements as roughly 90-day commitments followed by a 90-day exit period. SpaceX signed Google to a separate cloud-services agreement in June under which Google will pay $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029 for access to about 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs and related equipment, though either party can terminate after December 31 with 90 days' notice and Google can reduce payments or exit if SpaceX misses its September delivery requirement. SpaceX's second-quarter revenue rose more than 90% to $7.8 billion while its AI segment turned adjusted EBITDA positive, and Google Cloud revenue rose 82% to $24.8 billion in the second quarter. The bear case for SpaceX is capital intensity, hardware obsolescence and revenue concentration, since a spectacular run rate can disappear faster than a conventional multiyear backlog when cancellation rights are short.
Alphabet Inc Class CGoogle signed a cloud-services agreement paying SpaceX $920M/month for GPU access, and Google Cloud revenue rose 82% to $24.8B.
NVIDIA CorporationSpaceX's Google deal covers access to about 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, indicating demand for NVIDIA hardware.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A Common StockBear case cites capital intensity, hardware obsolescence and revenue concentration with short cancellation rights.