Remember when Elon Musk announced that he would be leasing the available computing power at SpaceX/xAI’s massive Colossus data center to Anthropic? Turns out Anthropic’s time at the Memphis data center will might be more of a long-term hotel stay than a year-long lease with the world’s worst landlord. Per Musk, the agreement with Anthropic is only a 180-day lease. In a post on X, Musk responded to a person suggesting that his company’s agreement with Anthropic was for three years by explaining, “SpaceX has not committed to leasing Colossus for years, although it’s possible that may be what happens. This is a 180 day lease with 90 day notice mutual cancellation thereafter.” That’s a mighty quick turnaround, given that Anthropic seemingly needs to scale up to meet its growing demand, while Musk is in dire need of revenue on his books as SpaceX heads toward an initial public offering. According to Musk, “The short term was our request, not Anthropic’s,” which is interesting. Maybe he wants to treat the agreement as a proof of concept to show investors that renting the massive amount of compute that his company has built is a viable business model (certainly more viable than selling Grok subscriptions to racist individuals on X, at least).