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SpaceX Removing Gas Turbines from Mississippi Data Center
['Iyad Tarazi', 'Jericho Casper', 'Jake Neenan']
Broadband Breakfast
WASHINGTON, August 3, 2026 – SpaceXAI is removing 69 gas-powered turbines from data center facilities’ power plants in Southhaven, Miss., as the company faces pushback from a high-ranking House Democrat.
Amid the controversy, the company is preparing to construct a fourth data center on the site.
The company was likely referring to the new data center facility in Memphis.
Musk responded to an X user who posted drone footage of the new facility under construction at the Memphis data center complex.
Musk nicknamed the Colossus data centers Macrohard and Macroharder, an apparent dig at Microsoft.