Elon Musk Acquires APR Energy for 1 Billion Dollars for His xAI Project
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One of the richest people in the world, Elon Musk, has made a major purchase to power his artificial intelligence project xAI. According to information published by Electrek, the billionaire has acquired APR Energy, a company that manages a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines. It should be noted that this deal was concluded without any official announcement or fanfare. This is reported by Ixbt.com. APR Energy owns mobile power plants with a total capacity exceeding 1 GW. Such an energy resource is vital for Musk's artificial intelligence centers, especially for supercomputers running on NVIDIA chips. According to industry experts, the amount of electricity required to train and maintain AI models is several times greater than that of traditional data centers. It is currently known that dozens of turbines have been installed in xAI's data centers. However, this situation raises objections from environmental activists and local authorities. The fact is that these turbines can significantly pollute the environment, but reports indicate that Musk is circumventing environmental standards for the speed of the project. The supply of stable energy to data centers is also an urgent issue. Musk's experience shows that even the most advanced technology companies cannot completely abandon traditional fuel sources. The next generations of the Grok chatbot, launched as part of the xAI...
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