Elon Musk’s xAI to Build World’s Largest GPU Cluster for AI Chatbot Grok
Elon Musks artificial intelligence business, xAI, intends to scale its Colossus supercomputer in Memphis from 100,000 to more than 1 million GPUs to t
Elon Musks artificial intelligence business, xAI, intends to scale its Colossus supercomputer in Memphis from 100,000 to more than 1 million GPUs to train its AI chatbot, Grok. This is a significant development in xAIs fight against competitors such as OpenAI. Super Micro and Dell will assemble the servers, while Nvidia will provide the GPUs. Additionally, the expansion will bring these businesses to Memphis for new operations. However, the project has come under environmental investigation due to energy consumption issues and claims of possible unauthorised usage of gas turbines for power. The action highlights the adverse effects of massive AI infrastructure on the environment and demonstrates Musks determined efforts to oppose OpenAI.
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