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TheAlchemistyesterday at 9:48 PM4 repliesview on HN

What would be interesting to know how much did it cost xAI to build it ? Ai says between $18-$40 billion to just build, without running cost, but no idea how close to reality this is.


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jsnellyesterday at 10:10 PM

The AI row of the capex table in the S-1 should be a pretty close approximation.

pianobenyesterday at 10:27 PM

Nobody pays MSRP at that scale

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btianyesterday at 9:59 PM

Closer to 18b than 40. Running costs are 1-2b a year.

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pbmangoyesterday at 9:54 PM

Anthropic is getting capacity from Colossus 1 not Colossus 2 it sounded like. The initial colossus capex was under $5B, making that an even more astounding payoff.

Edit: S1 states both are being leased so the 20-25B initial investment probably more relevant

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