Elon Musk says he is taking over an old Spam factory and a gun range to expand his Colossus 2 AI complex
Source: Business Insider ·
Elon Musk named the new AI facilities at the Colossus 2 campus "Spam" and "Gun Range."
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Elon Musk said his company and contractors are making "good progress" at the Colossus 2 site.Finn Gomez/Getty ImagesElon Musk is expanding Colossus 2 in Tennessee.Musk said two additional facilities, Spam and Gun Range, will be operational before 2027.Last week, a judge rejected SpaceX's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP over Colossus 2.Elon Musk isn't wasting any time building out his massive AI-computing facilities in Tennessee.Musk said on X that he's expanding Colossus 2 with two additional sites, dubbed Spam and Gun Range. He said the Spam location used to house Hormel-brand products, Spam perhaps among them, and that the Gun Range location was once owned by the local police department."I walked the whole Colossus 2 site around midnight and again this morning. Good progress by the SpaceX team and contractors," Musk said on X. "Gun Range is tracking to be operational by end of November and Spam in December."Developing and running AI systems requires enormous amounts…
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