① Musk's supercomputer will be powered by Dell and Super Micro Computer server racks; ② he hopes to have this supercomputer up and running by the fall of 2025; ③ AI was founded in 2023 and is a artificial intelligence company created by Musk to compete with OpenAI.
On June 20th, Caixin reports that Dell Technologies and SuperMicro Computer will be the suppliers of SpaceX's artificial intelligence startup xAI, providing server racks for supercomputers in the making. Elon Musk stated on social media X that 'Dell is assembling the half-rack for the AI supercomputer to be built on xAI' in response to a post. When asked about the other half of the rack, Musk replied with 'SMC'. This refers to Super Micro Computer, a company known for its close ties to chip companies such as Nvidia and its liquid cooling technology. SMC confirmed its partnership with xAI to the media.
In response to a post, he wrote: "Specifically, Dell is assembling half of the rack for the AI supercomputer being built on xAI."
Then, an enthusiastic netizen asked, "Who will make the other half of the rack? Is it IBM? HP? Cray? Or SGI?" Musk replied, "SMC".
SMC refers to Super Micro Computer, a company known for its close ties to chip companies such as Nvidia and its liquid cooling technology. The company also confirmed its partnership with xAI to the media.
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, posted on X, "We are partnering with Nvidia to build the Dell AI factory to support Grok, the large model of xAI company owned by Musk."
xAI was established in 2023 as Musk's AI company that rivals OpenAI. Musk previously told investors that his xAI plans to build a supercomputer to power its next-generation AI chatbot Grok. He hopes to have this supercomputer up and running by autumn 2025.
However, training AI models like Grok requires tens of thousands of power-hungry chips, which are currently in short supply. Earlier this year, Musk said that training Grok 2 model would require roughly 20,000 Nvidia H100 graphic processing units (GPUs), while Grok 3 and later versions will require 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips.
Last month, xAI raised $6 billion in funding, with investors including Sequoia Capital, BlackRock and Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company. The company said the funding will help bring its first products to market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate the development of future technology.