Elon Musk's AI startup xAI is expanding its infrastructure at an unprecedented pace. Recently, Musk confirmed that xAI has officially acquired a third building in Memphis, aiming to provide stronger computing power for future model training.

This new building was humorously named "MACROHARDRR," seemingly as a way to pay homage to its old rival Microsoft (Microsoft). According to the plan, xAI intends to comprehensively renovate this warehouse starting in 2026, upgrading it into a modern data center. This new project will work in conjunction with the existing "Giant Two" supercomputing center, making full use of Memphis' well-established power and energy facilities.

The core goal of this expansion is to further push the technological limits of xAI. Musk stated that xAI is committed to increasing the computing power for model training to nearly 2 billion watts and plans for its supercomputing cluster to accommodate at least 1 million GPUs. This ambitious plan shows that xAI is accelerating rapidly, trying to gain an advantage over OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude in the competition.

Although the computing power arms race is in full swing, such a massive infrastructure construction has also raised concerns about environmental issues, as the operation of large-scale data centers requires almost enormous amounts of energy.

Key Points:

  • 🏢 Scale Expansion: xAI successfully acquired the third building "MACROHARDRR" and plans to start renovation in 2026, creating its third large-scale data center in Memphis.

  • ⚡ Computing Power Leap: Musk's goal is to increase the computing power for model training to the level of 2 billion watts and equip it with at least 1 million GPUs to support the development of more advanced large models.

  • ⚔️ Industry Competition: This infrastructure upgrade aims to enhance xAI's core competitiveness, giving it enough "supplies" to face off against industry giants like OpenAI and Anthropic.