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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.
The AI row of the capex table in the S-1 should be a pretty close approximation.
Nobody pays MSRP at that scale
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Closer to 18b than 40. Running costs are 1-2b a year.
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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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