xAI to pull half the gas turbines powering Colossus DC

xAI to pull half the gas turbines powering Colossus DC

: Newly completed substation will help bear the load

Elon Musk’s XAI To Pull About Half Of Its Smog-belching Turbines Powering Colossus - Data Intelligence

Elon Musk’s xAI is removing about half of the temporary gas-turbine generators powering its Colossus AI datacenter over the next two months, according to the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, not due to environmental concerns, but because a new nearby substation now supplies the needed power. Reportedly built in Tennessee in just 122 days, the AI supercluster initially featured 100,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs. That number has since apparently swelled to 2…

Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus

Newly completed substation will help bear the load Elon Musk's xAI is removing about half of the temporary gas-turbine generators powering its Colossus AI datacenter over the next two months, according to the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, not due to environmental concerns, but because a new nearby substation now supplies the needed power. . . .