xAI: MACROHARDRR
Located at in Southaven, Mississippi, the new MACROHARDRR facility serves as the third cornerstone of Elon Musk’s "Greater Memphis" AI campus.
xAI is an artificial intelligence company focused on developing advanced AI technologies and products. The team comprises experts in AI research and engineering, dedicated to creating solutions that enhance operational efficiency and drive technological progress across various industries. xAI offers a range of AI-driven products, including Grok, an intelligent automation system, automated data analysis tools, and machine learning platforms. The company's mission is to leverage AI to address complex challenges and enable smarter, more connected systems worldwide.
Located at in Southaven, Mississippi, the new MACROHARDRR facility serves as the third cornerstone of Elon Musk’s "Greater Memphis" AI campus.
xAI, Elon Musk's startup, has acquired a 1 million square foot (92,905 square meter) property in Memphis for a new data center to support the expansion of its Colossus supercomputer.
SpaceXAI is actively exploring locations in Texas for a massive, gigawatt-scale data center campus that could match or exceed the capacity of its facilities in Memphis and Mississippi.
Elon Musk’s xAI is expanding its footprint in the Memphis area with a planned $659 million investment in a new four-story, 312,000-square-foot building on Tulane Road.
October 24, 2026 xAI
SpaceXAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, disclosed Thursday that Mississippi environmental regulators say construction started at three of its Southaven sites before required stormwater permits were in place, with potential penalties of up to $6.1 million. The admission came in a...
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October 21, 2026 Memphis
Memphis councilors rejected an 18-month data center moratorium, opting instead for a 135-day pause on new applications and a 90-day review of digital infrastructure projects. The longer proposal followed public opposition and protests at an October 6 council meeting. After a five-and-a-half-hour...
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October 14, 2026 Memphis
Memphis City Council has delayed a vote on a proposed 12-month data center moratorium for a second time, despite protests from more than 100 residents. The pause, proposed by councilor JB Smiley Jr., would allow officials to assess data centers’ social, health, and environmental impacts....
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October 13, 2026 Texas
Texas now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than Virginia. Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW built or building in Texas, against 17.8 GW in Virginia. On capacity already online, Virginia still leads, 12.3 GW to 11.1 GW. If projects scheduled for this year deliver on time, Texas...
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October 13, 2026 xAI
Memphis city councilors voted 7-5 on Oct. 6 to postpone a decision on a 12-month moratorium on new data centers, the second delay for a measure that would freeze approvals across a market now tied to Elon Musk's AI buildout. The council moved the vote to Oct. 20 after a packed meeting that police...
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October 11, 2026 Texas
Kaufman & Company and ServerDomes Global broke ground on Oct. 7 on Hueco Ranch, a $15 billion geodesic-dome data center campus near Desert Haven in Hudspeth County, Texas. The campus spans roughly 24,000 acres and is planned to generate 350 MW, KTSM reported. County officials say no one told...
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Sep 04, 2025 Eric Bell Texas
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