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SpaceX Plans $40 Billion Raise to Buy Nvidia AI Chips

📅 Oct 7, 2026

✍️ Aamir Raza

SpaceX Wants $40 Billion for Nvidia Chips

Elon Musk's company plans one of the biggest debt raises ever to buy AI processors for its data centers.

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How the $40B Breaks Down

$10 billion in bank loans plus $30 billion in investment-grade debt, with Apollo leading the deal, per the Financial Times.

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Nvidia — and Only Nvidia

Musk says SpaceX will build exclusively on Nvidia's Vera Rubin architecture. xAI's Colossus 2 data center could double its chip count by December.

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One Raise in a Giant Wave

Morgan Stanley estimates AI infrastructure will need $1.5 trillion in outside financing by 2028 as land, chip and power costs soar.

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It Could Still Fall Apart

Talks are early and could end without a deal. SpaceX shares dipped about 1% after hours as investors weighed the huge debt load.

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