Elon Musk Is Turning ‘Colossus’ Data Center Into a 2-Gigawatt AI Behemoth
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Elon Musk's xAI has acquired a third building for its Colossus data center project near Memphis, expanding the facility toward an unprecedented 2-gigawatt AI training powerhouse capable of housing 550,000 Nvidia chips. This massive expansion, costing tens of billions and requiring enough energy to power 1.5 million homes, positions xAI to compete directly with OpenAI and Anthropic through its Grok chatbot while the company pursues $20 billion in additional funding.
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