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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of xAI, is accelerating his strategy for vertical integration in the artificial intelligence sector, positioning "computational hegemony" as the decisive factor in the AI race. Musk believes the battlefield has shifted from simple algorithmic improvements to the sheer scale of computing infrastructure.

According to industry sources on the 28th, Musk has consistently emphasized that the winner of the AI era will be determined by raw processing power and the infrastructure supporting it. This vision is backed by preemptive, massive investments in large-scale data centers and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) clusters.

On December 25th, Musk declared via his social media platform X (formerly Twitter), "In five years, xAI will possess more AI compute capacity than all other companies in the world combined." This statement frames the current AI competition not merely as a "model war," but as a struggle for "compute supremacy."

Unlike other Big Tech firms that rely heavily on third-party cloud service providers, xAI is distinguishing itself through a self-reliant strategy. The company is directly building and operating its own mega-data centers.

A prime example is the 'Colossus' data center in Tennessee, which reportedly secured 200,000 GPUs in its initial phase—an unprecedented speed for the industry. xAI’s long-term vision involves a "Mega Cluster" housing over 1 million GPUs to handle both AI training and inference simultaneously. Furthermore, the company is seeking $20 billion in new investment to develop 'Colossus 2', aiming to add another 200,000 GPUs to its arsenal.

Industry experts view this rapid expansion as the beginning of a new era in AI competition. With the integration of Tesla’s autonomous driving AI, the 'Optimus' humanoid robot, and real-time data from X, Musk is effectively building a closed-loop AI ecosystem powered by his own massive computing resources.