Odaily Planet Daily reports that as demand for AI computing power grows rapidly, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is increasingly adopting natural gas energy to power its large-scale AI infrastructure.
According to reports, SpaceX plans to build a natural gas-powered power plant to support its $16.8 billion chip manufacturing facility in Texas. Meanwhile, the company has already deployed dozens of natural gas turbines at its data centers in Tennessee and Mississippi to meet AI computing demands.
Elon Musk expects SpaceX's data center computing capacity to reach 10 GW to 15 GW by 2027, potentially making the company one of the largest AI data center operators in the United States.
Amid a surge in AI computing demand and grid expansion unable to keep pace, SpaceX is exploring off-grid power solutions by building its own natural gas power facilities to quickly secure stable electricity for AI chips, data centers, and future computing infrastructure.
This strategy also reflects how competition in the AI industry is expanding from chips and models to energy and power infrastructure. As major tech companies vie for computing resources, the ability to rapidly secure power supply is becoming a critical competitive factor in AI infrastructure development.