Elon Musk talks xAI in Memphis and beyond
In an interview with Y Combinator last week, Elon Musk shed new light on exactly what technology the company has in Memphis. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)
Billionaire Elon Musk shed new light recently on exactly what technology his artificial intelligence company has in Memphis, and what his plans are for the future of xAI.
During a June 17 interview with Y Combinator, a startup accelerator and venture capital firm, Musk detailed exactly how many Nvidia semiconductor chips his company has in Memphis and how many of the chips it plans to bring online soon.
Musk said xAI plans to bring 110,000 of the semiconductors online soon at the company’s second Memphis data center, at 5420 Tulane Road in Whitehaven.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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