"xAI is preparing an unprecedented investment in computing power. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company will spend more than $18 billion on the purchase of approximately 300,000 Nvidia graphics processors for the new Colossus 2 data center near Memphis. Approximately 55,000 of these are Blackwell chips, Nvidia's latest generation. This will give xAI a computing cluster that is more powerful than virtually all current installations from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind."
"According to an analysis by research firm SemiAnalysis, the new center is expected to consume more than one gigawatt of energy, making it the first data center in the world capable of training AI models on that scale. SemiAnalysis previously described how xAI managed to achieve a cooling capacity of 200 megawatts within six months, a pace that, according to the firm, is significantly higher than that of the major cloud companies."
"To power this computing capacity, xAI is building its own power plant in the neighboring state of Mississippi on the site of a former Duke Energy facility. The old infrastructure will be completely dismantled and replaced with new turbines, transmission lines, and substations that will carry the power directly to the data center. According to documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the plant will eventually be able to supply more than one gigawatt of electricity, enough to power nearly one million households."
The company will spend more than $18 billion to purchase about 300,000 Nvidia graphics processors for a new Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, including approximately 55,000 Blackwell chips. Construction began in March 2025 in a former warehouse complex, and Colossus 2 will succeed Colossus 1 with its roughly 200,000 older Nvidia processors. Research firm SemiAnalysis estimates the center will consume over one gigawatt of energy and notes a 200-megawatt cooling capacity achieved within six months. xAI is building a dedicated power plant in Mississippi and an $80 million water treatment plant to recycle millions of gallons of wastewater.
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