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technology1 month ago•7 min saved

Memphis AI campus sparks nationwide pushback on data-center growth

Two years after SpaceXAI’s Colossus I and II arrived in Greater Memphis, residents report disruptive noise and emissions from gas turbines, rising utility costs, and unmet promises, fueling lawsuits and a wave of policy countermeasures from New York, New Jersey, and Utah. The backlash has become a blueprint for communities elsewhere while SpaceX faces NAACP legal challenges and ongoing scrutiny over environmental permits and community consultation.

via CNBC|

#backlash #colossus #data-centers

technology2 months ago•4 min saved

SpaceX Quietly Becomes an AI Compute Powerhouse

SpaceX is pivoting from rockets to AI infrastructure, striking a $150 million-per-month deal with Reflection to access its Colossus data center in Memphis through 2029, a move that could generate over $6 billion in revenue and follows earlier compute deals with Anthropic and Google and the Cursor acquisition to bolster its Grok platform, signaling SpaceX’s emergence as a major external AI compute hub and a push toward open-source AI models.

via Gizmodo|

#ai #colossus #open-source

technology2 months ago•3 min saved

SpaceX inks multiyear $6.3B compute deal with Reflection AI at Colossus

SpaceX has signed a multiyear deal with Reflection AI to provide Nvidia GB300 GPUs at the Colossus data center, with Reflection paying $150 million per month from July 2026 through 2029 (about $6.3 billion total). The contract allows termination with 90 days’ notice after an initial three-month period and underscores Colossus’ shift into a commercial AI compute platform, as SpaceX expands its AI infrastructure business while Reflection pursues American open-source AI models and related government work.

via CNBC|

#ai-infrastructure #colossus #open-source-ai

technology4 months ago•7 min saved

SpaceX Bets on Cursor to Forge the Next-Gen Coding AI

SpaceX is partnering with Cursor to build a leading coding AI, granting SpaceX the option to acquire Cursor for $60 billion later this year or pay $10 million for the joint work. The deal aims to combine Cursor’s coding model with SpaceX’s Colossus supercomputer, with talks of a broader three‑way partnership with Mistral. Reactions among tech and investment observers vary on whether the arrangement creates a durable moat or a rental, but the deal positions Musk’s empire to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and others in AI infrastructure and development.

via Business Insider|

#ai #colossus #cursor