Is xAI a neocloud now? | TechCrunch
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xAI's real business may be more about building data centers than training AI models.
Is xAI a neocloud now? | TechCrunch Image Credits: Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP / Getty Images AI Is xAI a neocloud now? Russell Brandom 2:32 PM PDT · May 6, 2026 On Wednesday, xAI and Anthropic announced a surprise partnership that has the Claude-maker buying out “all of the compute capacity at [xAI’s] Colossus 1 data center,” roughly 300MW that allowed Anthropic to immediately raise its usage limits. It’s a huge deal for xAI, likely worth billions of dollars. More importantly, it immediately monetized one of the company’s most impressive accomplishments , turning xAI from a consumer to a
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