Elon Musk's xAI Pushes Toward 2 Gigawatts of Power with Macrohardrr Facility

Elon Musk confirmed xAI acquired a third facility, dubbed "Macrohardrr," pushing its AI training capacity toward a massive 2 gigawatts. The purchase significantly expands the company's growing data center footprint in the Memphis area, a central piece of its Colossus AI infrastructure project. xAI is financing this ambition with aggressive fundraising efforts. Recent reports indicate the company is in advanced talks to raise about $15 billion in equity funding. The expansion gains further momentum from important government contracts. The U.S. Department of War recently struck a deal to deploy xAI’s Grok models on its official defense platform, marking a key adoption of the technology.