Elon Musk says Colossus 2 is expanding to two additional sites called Spam and Gun Range, first reported by Businessinsider. Musk said Gun Range is tracking to be operational by the end of November and Spam in December, setting separate operating targets for the two additions to the Colossus 2 complex.
Musk said the Spam location used to house Hormel-brand products, possibly including Spam; the Gun Range location was once owned by the local police department. He also said he walked the whole Colossus 2 site around midnight and again this morning, citing good progress by the SpaceX team and contractors.
Developing and running AI systems requires enormous amounts of compute power. Musk built 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 the Colossus 2 campus began last year in Memphis. Residents near Memphis have packed public hearings, staged protests and created petitions opposing Colossus and Colossus 2.
The new sites add operating targets to a project with public opposition and litigation over its power source. 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. Last week, a US District Judge denied xAI and MZX Tech's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.