Colossus Supercomputer Data Center Acquisition
Sector: Manufacturing (Industrial) • Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Source: CoStar
SpaceX, an affiliate of Elon Musk's rocket company, acquired a 785,000-square-foot former Electrolux appliance factory in Memphis, Tennessee, for $185 million. The facility serves as a data center for xAI, a subsidiary of SpaceX, and is the nexus of a cluster of high-density data centers forming the Colossus supercomputer project. SpaceX plans to use this and other facilities to build orbital data
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Manufacturing (Industrial), Data Center
- Location
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- CoStar
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | SpaceX, an affiliate of Elon Musk's rocket company, acquired a 785,000-square-foot former Electrolux appliance factory in Memphis, Tennessee, for $185 million. The facility serves as a data center for xAI, a subsidiary of SpaceX, and is the nexus of a cluster of high-density data centers forming the Colossus supercomputer project. SpaceX plans to use this and other facilities to build orbital data centers composed of satellites launched by SpaceX, powered by xAI technology, to meet AI demand. |
Original sector | Technology |
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Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Tennessee |
City | Memphis |
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Source | CoStar |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Manufacturing (Industrial), Data Center |
Article published date | 2026-05-29 |
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