SpaceX S-1: xAI plans to buy another $2.8B worth of turbines for its data centers, including a $2B deal for mobile gas turbines, the type it's being sued over (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)

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xAI plans $2.8 billion in turbine purchases, signaling major power expansion for its AI data center buildout.

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<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-its-buying-2-8b-more/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260520/i51.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260520/p51#a260520p51" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Tim De Chant / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-its-buying-2-8b-more/">SpaceX S-1: xAI plans to buy another $2.8B worth of turbines for its data centers, including a $2B deal for mobile gas turbines, the type it's being sued over</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Elon Musk's xAI has gotten itself in hot water over its use of polluting generators at its data center near Memphis, Tennessee.</p>