Elon Musk, in a recent post on X, confirmed that the upcoming expansion of Tesla’s supercomputers would be at Giga Texas, as part of a “super-dense, water-cooled” cluster. Elon previously mentioned that just this year, Tesla would be spending $10 billion in just AI and compute capabilities alone.
Much of the equipment for the cooling system has already arrived on site and is being placed on the end further away from the new glass front in the northern section, according to long-time Giga Texas drone flier Joe Tegtmeyer. The southern end of the new expansion has been confirmed to be the site of the supercomputer cluster expansion, as part of Tesla’s recent push towards autonomy and the reveal of Robotaxi, which is expected on August 8.
Compute Expansion
The continued expansion of compute has been a critical part of Tesla’s research and development funding this year, as per the 2024 Earnings Call. The in-house computing facilities support not just FSD development, but also the development of Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot. With recent moves towards bringing no-nag FSD, as well as the possible unveiling of FSD in China, these compute expansions will be necessary to support further improvements to Tesla’s AI models.
