SpaceX is throwing $74B at AI, and apparently it needs a whole desert
Elon Musk has decided that rockets aren't enough, so now he is building massive AI supercomputing centers in Texas and Arizona.
When you own a rocket company, apparently a few server racks in a basement just won't cut it. Elon Musk is dropping $74 billion to build AI supercomputing campuses, because who needs peace and quiet when you can have the humming of a thousand GPUs?
The plan is to turn Arizona and Texas into the world's brain. The Arizona site is massive, and Texas is getting its own facility right next to the Starbase launch site. They are literally trying to outrun the energy grid by building their own power plants and massive battery storage.
There is talk about medical research and national security, but the locals are already busy signing petitions because, well, building a giant robot brain in their backyard isn't everyone's idea of a good time. Whether this makes the local electric bill cheaper or just turns the neighborhood into a sci-fi set remains to be seen.
A man who started with an electric car is now building his own private electric grid to power an artificial mind. The lines between CEO and sovereign state are officially invisible.
Source: UPI
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