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Comment by ykl

2 hours ago

At the time of the announcement IIRC the deal was only for Colossus 1. Is Anthropic also leasing Colossus 2 new?

At the time the consensus narrative was that SpaceX no longer needed Colossus 1 for Grok and that was why it could be leased to Anthropic while Colossus 2 would handle Grok training and inference. Does Anthropic also leasing Colossus 2 change this?

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impulser_  2 hours ago

They are. This is from their "Chief Compute Officer".

https://x.com/nottombrown/status/2057194829986300375

  • jprd  1 hour ago

    Right. This compute still being powered by an illegal amount of gas turbines in a residential neighborhood?

    Claude is eating so much compute, the threat of that power being tuned down by lawsuit (rightfully) is worth the risk to Anthropic in the short-term. Instead of declaring "bubble", I'm just going to say that's so crazy.

    • gpm  1 hour ago

      Or SpaceX is absorbing the risk should that power be turned off... still morally shitty but not obviously economically so.