"Elon Musk's xAI is purchasing a third building for the Colossus data center complex in Memphis, Texas. The total capacity will grow to nearly 2 gigawatts. The new building will be given the playful name "MACROHARDRR," according to Musk. The new building is located next to Colossus 2 near Southaven, Mississippi. xAI wants to convert it into a data center in 2025, Musk writes on X."
"Colossus already houses one massive data center, and a second is under construction. The third location will accommodate thousands of new servers for AI models. The complex will thus grow into one of the world's largest AI training facilities. Colossus 2 will have 555,000 GPUs The expansion is costly. Colossus 2 will receive more than 555,000 graphics processors from Nvidia for approximately $18 billion. That amount does not even cover the associated servers and cooling systems."
"Musk founded xAI in 2023 as a counterpart to OpenAI, the company he co-founded but left after public disagreements with CEO Sam Altman. xAI built the AI chatbot Grok, now well known among X users. Water purification for millions of liters per day The energy hunger of AI data centers such as Colossus is attracting criticism. The complex is expected to use millions of liters of water per day to cool servers and infrastructure."
xAI is acquiring a third building at the Colossus data center complex near Memphis, Texas, expanding total capacity to nearly 2 gigawatts. The new building, to be called MACROHARDRR, sits adjacent to Colossus 2 near Southaven, Mississippi, and is slated for conversion into a data center in 2025. Colossus currently runs at about 70 megawatts with 100,000 GPUs; Colossus 2 will run at 140 megawatts and is set to receive more than 555,000 Nvidia GPUs for roughly $18 billion. The campus will require additional gas turbines, on-site gas-fired power, and millions of liters of water daily; an $80 million treatment plant is planned to recycle about 13 million liters per day.
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