Musk's SpaceX in talks to supply the Pentagon with computing power, WSJ reports

SpaceX is in talks to supply the U.S. Department of Defense with data center capacity worth billions of dollars to run AI models, extending its existing relationship beyond launches and satellite communications. The move positions SpaceX to compete directly with specialist cloud firms like CoreWeave by undercutting prices on compute capacity for government and commercial AI customers.

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