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Elon Musk responds to $52 billion deal between SpaceX and Foxconn for insane NVIDIA compute
SpaceX and Foxconn were rumored to have penned a $52 billion order for 13,000 racks of NVIDIA GB300 AI servers from the Elon Musk-led company, with each rack priced at a blistering $4 million. The deal, set to begin deliveries in Q4 2026, included up to 936,000 GPUs and would have marked a major expansion of SpaceX's AI compute footprint, which we discovered was already quite expansive when the company went public, as its compute prowess is one of the main driving factors behind its staggering $1.75 trillion IPO. Foxconn, already a key player in the AI server market, expects to capture 40 percent of the global AI server market by year-end, and reports are now stating this new contract adds a material upside to its projections. The deal also breaks the Dell/Supermicro duopoly, signaling a shift in the hyperscaler manufacturing landscape. The order is part of SpaceX's broader push to scale its Colossus data centers. Colossus 2 alone is already home to over 550,000 GPUs, and with this fresh influx of GB300s, the company is positioning itself for even more sophisticated AI training and inference workloads. It also follows a string of compute deals with Google, Anthropic, and Pentagon-linked Reflection AI. With Foxconn now in the AI server spotlight and NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture powering the next wave of AI, this order is a strategic move that could define the next phase of AI infrastructure for Foxconn and how much presence it has in the increasingly competitive AI compute market. However, none of that may even happen, as the deal hasn't been confirmed, and according to SpaceXAI CEO and founder Elon Musk, this deal is completely "fake news". To Musk's credit, SpaceX, NVIDIA, or Foxconn have not commented on the purported deal. So, until then, it should be treated as a rumor.
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SpaceX Awards Foxconn A Huge $52 Billion Order For 13,000 Racks Of NVIDIA GB300 AI Servers, Where Each Rack Costs $4 Million
SpaceX has just given Foxconn a major order for NVIDIA GB300 AI server racks, significantly upping its training- and inference-related compute footprint. Foxconn has now added SpaceX to its growing roster of hyperscaler deals According to a report by a Taiwan-based publication, SpaceX has just awarded Foxconn a $52 billion order for around 13,000 racks of NVIDIA GB300 AI servers, with shipments expected to begin in Q4 2026 and continuing until Q1 2027. Do note that each rack costs around $4 million. Do note that Foxconn expects to corner around 40 percent of the global AI server market by the end of 2026. As we reported recently, as of May 2026, SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center supported over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, divided between H100, H200, and around 30,000 units of the GB200 AI accelerators. Meanwhile, the Colossus 2 data center currently boasts of over 550,000 GPUs, divided between GB200 and GB300 accelerators. Do note that, in the runup to its IPO, SpaceX locked a Cloud Service Agreement with Google, furnishing it with a compute capacity equivalent to "110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, memory, and other related components," all for a consideration of $920 million per month. Also, the parent company of Starlink and xAI recently inked a similar agreement with Anthropic, providing access to "220,000 NVIDIA GPUs (including H100S, H200S, GB200s, and others)," all for a consideration of $1.25 billion per month or $15 billion per year. While the Anthropic deal is locked to SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, where a mish-mash of GPUs renders the data center less attractive for training future iterations of Grok AI, and where xAI consumes just 11 percent of the total available FLOPs, the Google deal is primarily tied to the Colossus 2 data center. Back in June 2026, SpaceX signed another $6.3 billion compute deal for the Colossus 2 data center, this time with Pentagon-linked Reflection. Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
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Foxconn wins estimated $52 billion SpaceX AI server order - Economic Daily By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) (TW:2317) has secured its first contract to manufacture artificial intelligence servers for SpaceX, Taiwan's Economic Daily reported on Sunday, in a deal the newspaper estimated could be worth about $52 billion. Unlock premium AI supply chain insights and market-moving news with InvestingPro - now 60% off According to the report, SpaceX plans to deploy more than 13,000 AI server racks powered by Nvidia's GB300 chips. Based on an estimated cost of about $4 million per rack, the newspaper said the contract could be worth roughly $52 billion, marking Foxconn's first AI server manufacturing order from Elon Musk's aerospace company. The report said the award would break what it described as the previous dominance of Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer in supplying AI servers to SpaceX, while giving Foxconn a complete roster of major North American cloud and AI infrastructure customers. Foxconn does not comment on individual customer orders, but has previously said demand for its AI server business remains strong. Chairman Liu Yangwei has forecast the company will command more than 40% of the global AI server market this year, with AI rack shipments expected to double and increase sequentially through year-end. Cloud and networking products, led by AI servers, are already the group's largest business segment. The Economic Daily said SpaceX recently increased its planned GB300 server deployment to around 13,000 racks, with deliveries expected between late 2026 and the first quarter of next year. The report also said SpaceX is expanding its AI computing infrastructure to support cloud computing services and has recently reached agreements involving Anthropic and Google, while also pursuing AI computing projects with the U.S. Department of Defense.
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A Taiwan-based report claimed SpaceX awarded Foxconn a $52 billion contract for 13,000 racks of NVIDIA GB300 AI servers, with each rack costing $4 million. However, Elon Musk quickly dismissed the report as fake news, casting doubt on what would have been one of the largest AI infrastructure deals to date and a significant shift in the hyperscaler manufacturing landscape.
A report from Taiwan's Economic Daily sent ripples through the AI infrastructure sector with claims that SpaceX had awarded Foxconn a massive $52 billion deal for approximately 13,000 AI server racks powered by NVIDIA GB300 chips
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. According to the report, each rack would cost around $4 million, with deliveries scheduled to begin in Q4 2026 and continue through Q1 20272
. The AI server order would have included up to 936,000 GPUs, marking a substantial expansion of SpaceX's already extensive AI compute infrastructure1
.The reported contract would have represented Foxconn's first AI server manufacturing order from Elon Musk's aerospace company, adding SpaceX to Hon Hai Precision Industry's growing roster of hyperscaler clients
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. Foxconn Chairman Liu Yangwei has projected that the company will capture more than 40 percent of the global AI server market by year-end, with AI rack shipments expected to double and increase sequentially3
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Despite the detailed reporting, Elon Musk swiftly responded to the claims, labeling the entire deal as fake news
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. Neither SpaceX, NVIDIA, nor Foxconn have issued official statements confirming the purported agreement, leaving the status of this massive AI server order in limbo. Foxconn maintains its policy of not commenting on individual customer orders, though the company has previously acknowledged strong demand for its AI server business3
.If confirmed, the deal would have disrupted the existing hyperscaler manufacturing landscape by breaking what has been described as a Dell and Supermicro duopoly in supplying AI servers to SpaceX
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. This shift would signal growing competition in the AI compute infrastructure market, where manufacturers vie for contracts with major cloud infrastructure providers. For Foxconn, securing such a contract would have provided a complete roster of major North American cloud and AI infrastructure customers3
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The reported order would have supported SpaceX's broader push to scale its Colossus data centers, which already represent significant compute capacity. As of May 2026, SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center supported over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, including H100, H200, and approximately 30,000 units of GB200 AI accelerators
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. Meanwhile, Colossus 2 currently boasts over 550,000 GPUs, divided between GB200 and GB300 accelerators2
.SpaceX has been aggressively monetizing this compute capacity through cloud service agreements. The company secured a deal with Google providing compute capacity equivalent to 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, memory, and related components for $920 million per month
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. Another agreement with Anthropic provides access to 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, including H100S, H200S, and GB200s, for $1.25 billion per month or $15 billion per year2
. SpaceX also signed a $6.3 billion compute deal with Pentagon-linked Reflection AI for the Colossus 2 data center in June 20262
.Whether confirmed or debunked, this episode highlights the intense scrutiny surrounding major AI infrastructure deals and the strategic positioning of manufacturers in the rapidly evolving AI compute market. The reported deployment of 13,000 AI server racks would have positioned SpaceX for sophisticated AI training and inference workloads, particularly as the company's compute prowess has been identified as one of the main driving factors behind its staggering $1.75 trillion IPO
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. With NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture powering the next wave of AI development, contracts of this magnitude could define competitive positioning for years to come. Industry observers should monitor official announcements from SpaceX, Foxconn, and NVIDIA to clarify the actual status of this reported agreement and watch for how the global AI server market evolves as demand continues to surge.Summarized by
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