Google Cloud says its SpaceX compute deal is a "short-term" agreement "to ensure we have bridge capacity to meet surging customer demand" for Gemini Enterprise (Kate Conger/New York Times)

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/technology/spacex-google-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oFA.pwqq.wQrMgdMrNXmI&amp;smid=url-share"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260605/i36.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260605/p36#a260605p36" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Kate Conger / <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/technology/spacex-google-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oFA.pwqq.wQrMgdMrNXmI&amp;smid=url-share">Google Cloud says its SpaceX compute deal is a &ldquo;short-term&rdquo; agreement &ldquo;to ensure we have bridge capacity to meet surging customer demand&rdquo; for Gemini Enterprise</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Elon Musk's rocket company said Google would pay it $920 million a month, as it prepared for its initial public offering.</p>