Elon Musk Says AI Needs More ZAP! (And Maybe a Bigger Boom-Boom Room!)

Musk's Big Boom Boom Room Plans!

Hey Powder Kegs! Jinx here bringing you the latest scoop on things that go BOOM! Turns out Elon Musk – yeah that guy who's always launching stuff into space – is worried. About what you ask? Not enough 'zap' for his AI toys! He's building a HUGE data center a 'gigawatt size facility' in Memphis Tennessee. That's like a nuclear plant kinda huge! He told CNBC that his AI startup xAI is planning it! Six to nine months! This is going to be FUN!

Chips Transformers and… No ZAP?!

Musk says AI's got three big problems: chips transformers and... wait for it... POWER! Like the stuff that makes things go! He says we're gonna run out of electricity by the middle of next year. Can you believe it? No more juice for the machines! It's like running out of bullets in the middle of a good fight. Not cool man not cool. "As we solve the transformer shortage there will be the fundamental electricity generation shortage," Musk told CNBC's David Faber. "My guess is people are going to start hitting challenges with power generation maybe by the middle of next year end of next year."

Google's Gone Nuclear!

Even those brainy pants at Google are freaking out! They're worried the U.S. is facing a 'power capacity crisis' because everyone's trying to beat China in the AI game. Seriously? Beating people? That sounds like fun. Google's even thinking about nuclear energy because those windy and sunny things (renewables) are too 'unstable'. Caroline Golin Google's global head of energy market development said that Google started looking into nuclear energy after realizing renewables were potentially causing instability on the grid! It's like they're saying 'Oops maybe we should have thought about this BEFORE building all those robots!'

China's Got the ZAP Advantage!

Musk says China's building power plants like they're going out of style! He says their power generation is 'like a rocket going to orbit' while the U.S. is 'flat'. Flat?! That's boring! We need more explosions! More power! More... EVERYTHING! "China power generation looks like a rocket going to orbit and U.S. power generation is flat," the Tesla CEO said.

Gas Turbines and Green Grumbles!

So Musk's xAI is using natural gas to power its big boom boom room. But some tree huggers are complaining about air pollution. Boo hoo! They're saying he's breaking some 'Clean Air Act'. What's the point of having clean air if you can't blow stuff up?! "Here comes the money!" that is what I say HA!

Data Center Drama: Are We Overhyping the Hype?

Some power companies are saying everyone's overreacting about the data center demand. One CEO even said 'We need to pump the brakes here!' Really? Brakes? Who needs brakes when you can go faster?! Me says I "Rules are meant to be broken!" so lets see a little zap here!