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fromWIRED
1 week ago

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

SpaceX plans to spend over $2.8 billion on gas turbines to power AI data centers amid US electricity shortages.
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Toronto startup
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Musk's xAI is being sued over its data center generators. Now, it's buying $2.8B more. | TechCrunch

xAI plans to buy $2.8 billion in gas turbines, including mobile units, despite lawsuits and federal findings over air-pollution violations near Memphis.
Toronto startup
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Musk's xAI is being sued over its data center generators. Now, it's buying $2.8B more. | TechCrunch

xAI plans to buy $2.8 billion in gas turbines, including mobile units, despite lawsuits and federal findings over air-pollution violations near Memphis.
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Environment
fromTheregister
3 months ago

AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas

Datacenters' surge in AI-driven computing is prompting widespread use of on-site gas turbines, significantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions and straining power infrastructure.
fromTheregister
5 months ago

Datacenters now fund Boom Supersonic's aviation business

He therefore texted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who apparently confirmed the veracity of those posts, before contacting Boom's engineering team, who unbeknown to Scholl had already created "the outline of a plan to build a power turbine based on our Symphony supersonic engine." "After a few conversations, it became clear: AI didn't just need more turbines - it needed a new and fundamentally better turbine," Scholl wrote.
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