Filing: Elon Musk quietly bought Jacksonville, FL-based APR Energy, which operates mobile gas and diesel turbines similar to those used in Colossus 2, for ~$1B (Fred Lambert/Electrek)

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Elon Musk acquired APR Energy for about $1B, tightening control over power infrastructure for large-scale AI data centers.

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<a href="https://electrek.co/2026/07/14/musk-buys-gas-turbine-company-apr-energy-grok/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260715/i53.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260715/p53#a260715p53" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Fred Lambert / <a href="https://electrek.co/">Electrek</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://electrek.co/2026/07/14/musk-buys-gas-turbine-company-apr-energy-grok/">Filing: Elon Musk quietly bought Jacksonville, FL-based APR Energy, which operates mobile gas and diesel turbines similar to those used in Colossus 2, for ~$1B</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Elon Musk has quietly bought APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based company that operates a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines totaling more than 1 GW of generation capacity.</p>