xAI is moving faster than anyone expected on its data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-xai-power-plant-overseas-to-power-1-million-gpus” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-xai-power-plant-overseas-to-power-1-million-gpus”>power strategy. According to a new report from data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/xais-colossus-2-first-gigawatt-datacenter/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/xais-colossus-2-first-gigawatt-datacenter/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>SemiAnalysis, Elon Musk’s AI startup already has 460MW of natural gas generation either installed or under construction, split between its Memphis campus and a new site across the border in Southaven, Mississippi.
The numbers check out against state filings and local reporting. Shelby County granted xAI a permit in July for 15 stationary gas turbines at its Paul R. Lowry Road facility in Memphis after…
