Elon Musk says he is taking over an old Spam factory and a gun range to expand his Colossus 2 AI complex

Elon Musk isn't wasting any period construction out his enormous AI-computing accommodation in Tennessee.

Musk stated on X that he's expanding Colossus 2 alongside two additional sites, dubbed Spam and Gun Range. He stated the Spam location used to home Hormel-brand products, Spam perchance among them, and that the Gun Range location was formerly owned by the local constabulary department.

"I walked the entire Colossus 2 location about midnight and again this morning. Good advancement by the SpaceX squad and contractors," Musk stated on X. "Gun Range is tracking to be operational by end of November and Spam in December."

Developing and operating AI systems requires enormous amounts of compute power, which led Musk to build a supercomputer called Colossus in Memphis in 2024. xAI, acquired by SpaceX, afterward expanded the project alongside Colossus 2 to create additional power for its AI chatbot, Grok. Construction for that evidence began final twelvemonth in Memphis.

Supercomputers and data centers are necessary to power AI systems, although they've frequently drawn ire from communities anywhere the hulking accommodation are built. Colossus and Colossus 2 are no different. Residents near Memphis have packed community hearings, staged protests, and created petitions opposing the campuses.

In April, the NAACP submitted a lawsuit against xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, saying they were unlawfully functioning unpermitted methane gas turbines to power Colossus 2. The grievance stated xAI was functioning the unpermitted gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi, which is small than 20 minutes away. Last week, a US District Judge denied xAI and MZX Tech's motion to disregard the lawsuit.