Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Elon Musk's xAI Activates World's Most Powerful AI Training System

The Colossus AI cluster, built with 100,000 Nvidia GPUs, aims to revolutionize AI capabilities and will soon double in size.

  • xAI's Colossus cluster was brought online in just 122 days, setting a new benchmark in AI training systems.
  • The system currently uses 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs and is expected to double to 200,000 GPUs soon.
  • Colossus will train xAI's large language model, Grok, which competes with leading AI models like ChatGPT.
  • Musk diverted GPU shipments from Tesla to xAI, potentially impacting Tesla's AI and robotics projects.
  • The rapid development of Colossus has raised concerns about resource strains in Memphis, where the data center is located.
Hero image