🤖 Musk Goes ‘MACROHARDRR’: xAI Builds Third Data Center Near Memphis | AI & Tesla Update
Elon Musk’s xAI (X.AI) is expanding its AI infrastructure with the purchase of a massive warehouse named MACROHARDRR for a third data center near Memphis, Tennessee. This new facility will take xAI training compute to nearly 2GW, advancing AI research capabilities and supporting future AI projects.
📍 Location & Facility Details
The new 810,000-square-foot data center is located in Southaven, Mississippi, just across the state line from Memphis. It sits near the Colossus 2 data center and a planned natural gas power plant funded by xAI to ensure sufficient electricity for high-performance computing.
- 🏢 Facility Name: MACROHARDRR
- 📏 Size: 810,000 sq ft
- ⚡ Power: ~2GW AI training compute capacity
- 🖥 GPUs: Powered by Nvidia H100 clusters (like Colossus 1 & 2)
- 🌍 Location: Southaven, MS (near Memphis, TN)
🌎 Global Expansion Plans
xAI is also building a 500 MW data center in Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the kingdom’s AI venture, Humain. This facility will rely on Nvidia chips to power large-scale AI workloads, marking a significant step in xAI’s global infrastructure expansion.
⚡ Why This Matters
- 🚀 Expands AI training capacity to 2GW — supporting more advanced models
- 🖥 Leverages Nvidia GPUs for efficient AI computation
- 🌱 Close proximity to power sources ensures energy reliability
- 🌍 Strengthens xAI’s U.S. & international AI infrastructure footprint
- 🤖 Positions xAI as a key player in high-performance AI research
💬 Investor & AI Discussion
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