{"id":301122,"date":"2026-03-05T23:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/?p=301122"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:11:44","slug":"elon-musk-xai-659m-building-expansion-memphis-supercomputer-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/elon-musk-xai-659m-building-expansion-memphis-supercomputer-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI plans $659M expansion at Memphis supercomputer site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence company xAI has filed a permit to construct a new building at its growing data center complex outside Memphis, Tennessee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per a report from <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-xai-to-spend-659m-on-new-building-for-memphis-data-center-cluster\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Center Dynamics<\/a><\/em>, xAI plans to spend about $659 million on a new facility adjacent to its Colossus 2 data center. Permit documents submitted to the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development show the proposed structure would be a four-story building totaling about 312,000 square feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new building is planned for a 79-acre parcel located at 5414 Tulane Road, next to xAI\u2019s Colossus 2 data center site. Permit filings indicate the structure would reach roughly 75 feet high, though the specific function of the building has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The filing was first reported by the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/news\/2026\/03\/03\/xai-colossus-2-campus-5414-tulane-building.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memphis Business Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">xAI is scaling fast. <br><br>The company has filed a $659M permit for a new 312,000 sq ft building at its Memphis data center cluster, expanding the infrastructure behind Grok and its Colossus supercomputer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CTFZ2FqWXo\">pic.twitter.com\/CTFZ2FqWXo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cb_doge\/status\/2029753439140622365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>xAI uses its Memphis data centers to power Grok, the company\u2019s flagship large language model. The company entered the Memphis area in 2024, launching its Colossus supercomputer in a repurposed Electrolux factory located in the Boxtown district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company later acquired land for the Colossus 2 data center in March last year. That facility came online in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A third data center is also planned for the cluster across the Tennessee\u2013Mississippi border. Musk has stated that the broader campus could eventually provide access to about 2 gigawatts of compute power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Memphis cluster is also tied to new power infrastructure commitments announced by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell. During a White House event with United States President Donald Trump, Shotwell stated that xAI would <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-president-gwynne-shotwell-xai-power-pledge-white-house\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">develop 1.2 gigawatts of power<\/a> for its supercomputer facility as part of the administration\u2019s \u201cRatepayer Protection Pledge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs you know, xAI builds huge supercomputers and data centers and we build them fast. Currently, we\u2019re building one on the Tennessee-Mississippi state line\u2026 xAI will therefore commit to develop 1.2 GW of power as our supercomputer\u2019s primary power source. That will be for every additional data center as well\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe installation will provide enough backup power to power the city of Memphis, and more than sufficient energy to power the town of Southaven, Mississippi where the data center resides. We will build new substations and invest in electrical infrastructure to provide stability to the area\u2019s grid,\u201d Shotwell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shotwell also stated that xAI plans to support the region\u2019s water supply through new infrastructure tied to the project. \u201cWe will build state-of-the-art water recycling plants that will protect approximately 4.7 billion gallons of water from the Memphis aquifer each year. And we will employ thousands of American workers from around the city of Memphis on both sides of the TN-MS border,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new building is planned for a 79-acre parcel located at 5414 Tulane Road, next to xAI\u2019s Colossus 2 data center site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21274,"featured_media":292363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4489,1],"tags":[9,571,3233],"class_list":["post-301122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-news","tag-elon-musk","tag-featured","tag-xai"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elon Musk&#039;s xAI plans $659M expansion at Memphis supercomputer site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elon 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