# Musk & xAI Colossus Brings Spike In Emissions & Demand For Electricity To Memphis

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/musk-xai-colossus-brings-spike-in-emissions-demand-for-electricity-to-memphis/
- Published: 2024-12-22T10:00:37-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: xAI. Article by Steve Hanley. CleanTechnica &#8211; December 19, 2024. Elon Musk’s latest brainstorm is Colossus a new supercomputer facility for xAI located in an old Electrolux factory in Memphis, Tennessee. The system, which uses 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs on a single RDMA fabric, was brought online in just 122 days from conception to completion. According to Converge!, Colossus represents a significant milestone in the [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at cleantechnica.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art &amp; Design See Full Bio
