Xai, the AI company of Elon Musk, gained a 1 million-square-foot owned in Southwest Memphis to expand the trace of AI Data Center, According to a press release From the Memphis Chamber of Commerce.
The new land will take -the infrastructure to complement Xai's existing Memphis Data Center.
“Xai's acquisition of this possession ensures that we will stay ahead of AI innovation, right here in Memphis,” Xai Senior Site Manager Brent Mayo said in a statement.
It is not immediately clear if the expansion is associated with a Previously announced Renting a 522-acre site in Memphis.
Xai is hungry for AI hardware. According to ReportThe start recently set up a second data center in Atlanta with $ 700 million worth of chips and other equipment. This is it too ink A deal with Dell to buy $ 5 billion worth of GPU -filled servers.
Xai uses its data centers to train and run the family of AI models, Grok. The company plans to upgrade the main facility based on Memphis, called Colosus, to 1 million Nvidia GPUs once this year, from 100,000 last year.
Some residents criticize Xai's continued expansion in Memphis, which it focuses on to paint the grid and Gumala The quality of the air area. To try to win, Xai gave the local utility a discount batteries made of Tesla and built a water recycling plant.
Part to fund AI infrastructure projects, Xai is said to be discussing a $ 10 billion of funding funding to appreciate the company for $ 75 billion. Xai closed it Last funding of fundingled by $ 6 billion, in late 2024.
