Elon Musk says SpaceX is adding two sites to its Colossus 2 AI computing complex in Memphis, named Gun Range and Spam. Musk said Gun Range is tracking to be operational by end of November and Spam in December. The Spam site once housed Hormel products, and Gun Range was once owned by the local police department.
Elon Musk says SpaceX is adding two more sites to its Colossus 2 AI computing complex in Memphis, and he has given them unusual names. He calls them Gun Range and Spam.
What are the two new sites in SpaceX's Colossus 2 complex?
Musk shared the update on X on Sunday, according to a report by Lauren Edmonds at Business Insider. He said the Spam site once housed Hormel products. The Gun Range site was once owned by the local police department.
“Gun Range is tracking to be operational by end of November and Spam in December,” Musk wrote.
He said he had walked the entire Colossus 2 site around midnight and again in the morning, and he credited the SpaceX team and its contractors with good progress.
Musk built the first Colossus supercomputer in Memphis in 2024. xAI, now part of SpaceX, began work on Colossus 2 last year to add computing power for Grok, the company’s AI chatbot.
Musk said last week that SpaceX had raised $40 billion in debt to buy AI chips. He also said the company’s AI business overtook Starlink in revenue last quarter.
How have nearby residents responded to the Colossus 2 expansion?
The expansion has drawn opposition from people who live nearby. Business Insider reported that residents have packed public hearings, staged protests and created petitions against the two campuses.
What is the NAACP lawsuit about?
The NAACP has also taken legal action. In April, the civil rights organization sued xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech. The group says the companies run unpermitted methane gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi, to power Colossus 2. Last week, a U.S. district judge rejected the companies’ bid to dismiss the case.
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