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SpaceX Built AI Data Centers So Fast, Some Ran Without Backup Power for Months. Now It Faces a $920 Million Deadline.

SpaceX has run into some challenges in rapidly building out its AI infrastructure.

SpaceX Built AI Data Centers So Fast, Some Ran Without Backup Power for Months. Now It Faces a $920 Million Deadline.

Published September 9, 2026 · Category: Finance

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SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) has been building its AI business at warp speed. It turns out to be much more challenging to rapidly build reliable data centers than expected. Some of its facilities ran without backup power for months. That recently led the company to make some changes, including reshuffling its leadership team to ensure it can meet a looming deadline for a $920 million-a-month compute deal with Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google.

Here's a look at what went wrong and how SpaceX is racing to fix the problem.

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