Musk's Gas Guzzler: A Billion Dollar Bet on an Unsustainable Future SpaceX is set to spend $2. 8 billion on gas turbines for its AI data centers, according to its IPO prospectus.
At first glance, this massive investment seems like a straightforward solution to the power crunch plaguing the US data center boom.
However, a closer look reveals that Musk's reliance on polluting gas turbines is not only an environmental cop out but also a worrying sign of the tech industry's addiction to unsustainable energy sources.