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Business Latest | SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers by Paresh Dave

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SpaceX has committed over $2.8 billion to purchase portable gas turbines that will power the data centers supporting Elon Musk’s AI unit, xAI, amid a nationwide electricity shortage that is constraining the data‑center boom. The turbines will supply the Colossus 1 (Memphis, TN) and Colossus 2 (Southaven, MS) facilities, which together already consume about 1 GW—roughly the power usage of a large U.S. city—and are being leased to Anthropic for $15 billion a year. While the turbines offer a quick, grid‑independent solution, their use has drawn public complaints, lawsuits, and regulatory scrutiny over carbon emissions and permit compliance. The spending details appear in SpaceX’s IPO prospectus as the company prepares for a Nasdaq debut, revealing prior agreements for $805 million in turbines through 2029 and a pending $2 billion deal for additional mobile units, bringing the total portable turbine count to 46.

#SpaceX #ElonMusk #xAI #Colossus1 #Colossus2

SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers

The investment comes as Elon Musk’s AI unit faces complaints about the carbon-emitting units and looks to become a big player in cloud computing.

WIRED

N-gated Hacker News May 21

🚀 Oh, brilliant! #Anthropic is stepping into the #future with #Colossus2, yet they can't even manage a simple website. 🤦‍♂️ Forbidden wisdom must be their secret sauce, served with a side of GB200 gibberish. 🍝🔒
https://xcancel.com/nottombrown/status/2057194829986300375 #WebsiteFail #ForbiddenWisdom #GB200Gibberish #HackerNews #ngated

Tom Brown (@nottombrown)

We’re expanding our partnership with @SpaceX, and will be scaling up on GB200 capacity in Colossus 2 throughout June. Appreciate @elonmusk and the team helping us find good homes for the Claudes.

Nitter

Hacker News May 21

Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200

https://xcancel.com/nottombrown/status/2057194829986300375

#HackerNews #Anthropic #Colossus2 #GB200 #AI #expansion #technology

Tom Brown (@nottombrown)

We’re expanding our partnership with @SpaceX, and will be scaling up on GB200 capacity in Colossus 2 throughout June. Appreciate @elonmusk and the team helping us find good homes for the Claudes.

Nitter

Winbuzzer May 14

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/14/internal-emails-xai-added-19-gas-turbines-to-colos-xcxwbn/

xAI added 19 portable gas turbines at its Southaven Colossus 2 site, lifting the reported total to 46 while a lawsuit and permit dispute remained active.

#xAI #ElonMusk #Southaven #Colossus2 #Grok #AIInfrastructure #AICompute #DataCenters

Andreas Becker Jan 17

xAI Colossus 2 erreicht 1 Gigawatt im operativen Betrieb. Der Cluster setzt auf über 230.000 Nvidia GPUs, darunter GB200 und GB300 Systeme. Während OpenAI vergleichbare Kapazitäten erst für 2027 plant, steht hier der Ausbau auf 1,5 GW bereits im April an. Gleichzeitig wächst der juristische Druck durch die EPA wegen der massiven Nutzung von Gasturbinen am Standort Memphis. #xAI #Colossus2 #ElonMusk
https://www.all-ai.de/news/news26top/musk-colossus2

Elon Musks Colossus 2: Energiefresser oder KI-Revolution?

Trotz Umweltbedenken und EPA-Druck geht das stärkste Rechenzentrum der Welt in Memphis ans Netz.

All-AI.de

AI Daily Post Nov 20, 2025

🚀 NVIDIA just reported $57 B in revenue, driven by 5 million GPUs powering massive AI factories. From the Colossus 2 gigawatt‑scale data centre to partnerships with AWS, Anthropic and OpenAI, the chip giant is reshaping the future of compute. Dive into the numbers and what it means for the industry. #NVIDIA #AIFactories #GPU #Colossus2

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/nvidia-revenue-hits-usd-57b-it-powers-5m-gpus-ai-factories