Memphis to host 'Gigafactory of Compute' thanks to xAI and Elon Musk's billions

xAI plans to build the "world's largest supercomputer" in Memphis, Tennessee according to the city's local government. The Grok chatbot maker, a startup headed by Elon Musk and closely linked to the tech tycoon's Twitter, is investing billions of dollars into the supercomputer - termed the Gigafactory of Compute - and will …

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cheap electricity

One would think that a data center run by Musk would be fully powered by solar and batteries, but I guess reality doesn't work like that. They keep building things like this were power is cheap, except it won't be cheap for long. Not looking forward to having my power bill triple thanks to AI.

[Charlie Clark]

Re: cheap electricity

Yep, lots of lovely Appalachian coal to burn. But I bet the clincher for any deal will be the tax credits offered by city and state as America subsidises itself into bankruptcy.

You've got to hand it to the investor crowd once cheap money dried up as interest rates went up, they found a new source in government handouts.

[that one in the corner]

Gigafactory of Compute

Probably just the lateness of the hour, but every time I read "gigafactory" I pictured the Gigashadow, unrolling and about to consume all in its path. Then came the reminder about how much power (and, no doubt, other local resources, such as water) this is going to take to run and the connection became clear.

OTOH if that means Zev will be in Memphis, maybe it is time for a visit, cluster lizards be damned.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Gigafactory of Compute

“I worship his Divine Shadow” .. may His Shadow fall upon you :|

[Anonymous Coward]

Billion Dollar Brain

Looking forward to the reboot! General Midwinter's a shoe-in but not sure who to play the Harry Palmer role.

[TimMaher]

Re: Billion Dollar Brain

“You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”.

Sorry, wrong film.