SpaceX承诺将在2027年7月前完全拆除为xAI Colossus数据中心供电的所有未获许可燃气涡轮机[1]。目前该数据中心由69台燃气涡轮机供电，这些设备已运行数月[1]。此举旨在过渡到一个1.2吉瓦的永久燃气发电厂[1]。
新永久发电厂将由41台16.48-50兆瓦的燃气涡轮机组成[1]。SpaceX计划在未来三年内购买28亿美元的燃气涡轮机[1]，并在今年早些时候收购了APR Energy公司[1]。该项目位于密西西比州孟菲斯以南，靠近田纳西州边界[1]。
现有涡轮机的年氮氧化物排放潜力超过2000吨[1]。NAACP和南方环保法律中心已因此对xAI提起诉讼[1]。美国司法部以"国家、经济和能源安全"为由支持SpaceX的方案[1]。
SpaceX has announced plans to dismantle all unpermitted gas turbines supplying electricity to xAI's Colossus data center by July 2027, following a transition to a permanent 1.2-gigawatt natural gas power plant [1]. Currently, 69 gas turbines have been operating for several months to power the facility, located south of Memphis, Mississippi, near the Tennessee border [1].
The company intends to replace the temporary turbines with a new permanent generation facility comprising 41 gas turbines with capacities ranging from 16.48 to 50 megawatts [1]. Over the next three years, SpaceX plans to purchase $2.8 billion worth of gas turbines to support this transition [1]. The existing temporary turbines have the potential to emit over 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides annually [1]. SpaceX had acquired APR Energy earlier this year to support these operations [1].
The move comes as legal challenges mount against xAI; both the NAACP and the Southern Environmental Law Center have filed lawsuits against the company over the unpermitted installations [1]. The U.S. Department of Justice has backed SpaceX's efforts, citing "national, economic and energy security" as justification [1].