SpaceX is offering employees extra pay for six-week assignments at two computing sites, Business Insider reported, as the company expands infrastructure capacity to serve internal and external demand.
An early-October internal email reviewed by Business Insider offers a 20% premium calculated against an employee’s base salary or hourly rate for work in Memphis, Tennessee, or Southaven, Mississippi. The email says volunteers could qualify for bonuses tied to program success, with SpaceX covering travel and logistics. Applicants must be in good performance standing; more than one year of service is preferred. Applicants need not already be managers, while construction experience is an advantage, Business Insider reported. The outlet said SpaceX did not respond to its request for comment.
SpaceX reported total revenue of $14.575 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2026, including $7.56 billion from its Super Intelligence segment. The company said segment revenue rose 195% from the previous quarter and was 830% higher than a year earlier. SpaceX put its nameplate compute capacity at 1.7 gigawatts on Sept. 30, compared with 1.4 gigawatts on June 30, and said construction of Colossus II continued.
The segment’s revenue includes more than compute rentals. SpaceX reported $7.022 billion in solutions and infrastructure revenue and $538 million in advertising revenue. It said growth also reflected cloud-services agreements, the Cursor acquisition and increased adoption of Grok.
At Tuesday, Oct. 20, earnings webcast, SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen said infrastructure was coming online in Memphis and Southaven. He said customers were asking for computing resources as the company expanded supply for its own needs and outside users. “There are many customers asking for compute,” Johnsen said.
Johnsen projected nameplate compute capacity would approach 2 gigawatts by the end of October and reach 2.5 to 3 gigawatts by the end of the fourth quarter of 2026. The company reported 1.7 gigawatts as of Sept. 30.
