Elon Musk's SpaceX is placing an enormous bet on artificial intelligence hardware. According to BASENOR (Tesla Accessories), citing reporting circulated via Google News, the rocket company has ordered $52 billion worth of Nvidia's GB300 GPUs — the chips that power today's most demanding AI systems — and plans to lease that computing capacity out to other users.
The scale of the buildout is striking. According to Crypto Briefing, manufacturing giant Foxconn has landed the $52 billion SpaceX contract to construct 13,000 Nvidia GB300 AI server racks. Those racks are the physical backbone of an AI data center, bundling GPUs, networking, and cooling into standardized units that can be deployed at volume.
Two details stand out from the source reporting. First, SpaceX does not appear to be building this infrastructure purely for its own internal use: BASENOR reports the company intends to lease the hardware out, positioning SpaceX as a provider of AI computing power rather than only a consumer of it. Second, the deal ties together three of the most closely watched names in the technology supply chain — SpaceX as buyer, Nvidia as chip supplier, and Foxconn as builder.
The source items do not specify a timeline for delivery, where the server racks will be housed, or which customers might lease the capacity.
Why it matters: a $52 billion order from a company best known for rockets signals just how far the race for AI computing power now reaches — and suggests even non-traditional players see renting out scarce GPUs as a business worth billions.