Musk’s xAI buys third constructing to broaden AI compute energy
Dec 30 (Reuters) – Elon Musk mentioned on Tuesday his synthetic intelligence startup xAI (XAAI.PVT) has purchased a 3rd constructing to broaden its infrastructure, aiming to spice up coaching capability to almost 2 gigawatts of compute energy.
The newest growth underscores xAI’s bold push to compete extra successfully with business leaders OpenAI‘s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude by coaching more and more superior fashions. The corporate’s supercomputer cluster in Memphis, Tennessee, often called Colossus, is touted as the most important in the world.
“xAI has purchased a 3rd constructing referred to as MACROHARDRR,” Musk wrote on X, with out disclosing its location. The time period is probably a play on Microsoft‘s (MSFT) identify.
The Data, which reported the event earlier within the day citing property information and an individual acquainted with the venture, mentioned the constructing for a 3rd supersized knowledge heart is deliberate outdoors Memphis.
xAI is planning to broaden its supercomputer Colossus to accommodate at the very least 1 million graphics processing models.
The startup is planning to begin turning the newly bought warehouse into an information heart in 2026, the Data reported, including that each the brand new knowledge heart and Colossus 2 are near a pure gasoline energy plant that xAI is constructing in the world, as nicely as different energy sources.
The growth of AI infrastructure, nevertheless, has drawn criticism from environmental activists as knowledge facilities eat massive quantities of vitality.
xAI didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Modifying by Shilpi Majumdar)
