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SpaceX chooses Musk's xAI subsidiary's Terafab gas power supplier over Tesla's solar for powering the Colossus mega-cluster.

Fossil fuel path dependency for AI; spells demand for utility-scale gas power infrastructure vs. renewables.
Trade pressSlicast · August 10, 2026 at 16:52 UTC · US · Source: techtimes.com
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