xAI expands Nvidia chip deployment at Colossus 2
Elon Musk posted that xAI's Colossus 2 data center in the Memphis area currently operates 110,000 Nvidia GB200 chips and 440,000 GB300 chips and will begin adding 220,000 GB300 chips next week, with another 220,000 due in November and a possible 220,000 in late December. If all shipments and installations proceed, the site would roughly double its chip inventory before 2027 and move closer to a target of 1 million GPUs. The facility now rents compute to firms such as Anthropic and Google, while the announcement left power, cost and schedule details unspecified.
Colossus 2 plans to add up to 660,000 GB300 chips this year
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xAI built Colossus 2 to run large AI workloads. Musk posted a schedule for phased GB300 deliveries. If deliveries happen, the site will markedly increase its GPU capacity and may approach the 1 million goal.
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