埃隆·马斯克在田纳西州建设大规模AI算力设施的步伐丝毫未减。马斯克在X平台上表示，他正通过两个额外场地扩建Colossus 2，分别命名为“Spam”和“Gun Range”。他说，Spam场地过去用于存放荷美尔品牌产品，其中或许就包括斯潘午餐肉；Gun Range场地曾由当地警方拥有。
Elon Musk isn't wasting any time building out his massive AI-computing facilities in Tennessee. Musk said on X that he's expanding Colossus 2 with two additional sites, dubbed Spam and Gun Range. He said the Spam location used to house Hormel-brand products, Spam perhaps among them, and that the Gun Range location was once owned by the local police department.
马斯克在X上说：“我昨晚午夜左右和今天早上又走遍了整个Colossus 2场地。SpaceX团队和承包商进展良好。”“Gun Range预计将于11月底投入运营，Spam则在12月。”
"I walked the whole Colossus 2 site around midnight and again this morning. Good progress by the SpaceX team and contractors," Musk said on X. "Gun Range is tracking to be operational by end of November and Spam in December."
开发和运行AI系统需要海量算力，这促使马斯克于2024年在孟菲斯建设名为Colossus的超级计算机。后被SpaceX收购的xAI又推出了Colossus 2项目，以便为其AI聊天机器人Grok提供更多算力。该校区的建设始于去年。
Developing and running 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, later expanded the project with Colossus 2 to generate more power for its AI chatbot, Grok. Construction for that campus began last year in Memphis.
超级计算机和数据中心是为AI系统提供动力的必要设施，但这些庞然大物落地的社区往往对此颇有微词。Colossus和Colossus 2也不例外。孟菲斯附近的居民挤满公开听证会、发起抗议、发起请愿，反对这些校区的建设。
Supercomputers and data centers are necessary to power AI systems, though they've often drawn ire from communities where the hulking facilities are built. Colossus and Colossus 2 are no different. Residents near Memphis have packed public hearings, staged protests, and created petitions opposing the campuses.
今年4月，全美有色人种协进会（NAACP）起诉xAI及其子公司MZX Tech，指控它们非法运行未获许可的甲烷燃气轮机为Colossus 2供电。起诉书称，xAI在距离孟菲斯不到20分钟车程的密西西比州绍文运行这些未获许可的燃气轮机。上周，美国一名联邦地区法官驳回了xAI和MZX Tech要求驳回诉讼的动议。
In April, the NAACP filed a lawsuit against xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, saying they were unlawfully operating unpermitted methane gas turbines to power Colossus 2. The complaint said xAI was operating the unpermitted gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi, which is less than 20 minutes away. Last week, a US District Judge denied xAI and MZX Tech's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.