This is a huge one. What Musk is looking for is freedom from land acquisition. Everything else is an engineering and physics problem that he will somehow solve. The land acquisition problem is out of his hands and he doesn't want to deal with politicians. He learned from building out the Memphis DC.
Maybe, but I'm skeptical, because current DCs are not designed to minimize footprint. Has anyone even built a two-story DC? Obviously cooling is always an issue, but not, directly, land.
Now that I think of it, a big hydro dam would be perfect: power and cooling in one place.
Skepticism is valid. The environmentalists came after dams too.
He "learned" by illegally poisoning black people
> an engineering and physics problem that he will somehow solve
no he won't
What ? This is Hacker News man. Talk substance. Not some rage baiting nonsense.
https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/05/27/elon-musks-memphi...
So freedom from law and regulation?
Well let's face it. Not all law and regulation is created equal. Look at Europe.
So why does he not build here in Europe then? Getting a permit for building a data center in Sweden is just normal industrial zoning that anyone can get for cheap, there is plenty of it. Only challenge is getting enough electricity.
I meant Europe is an example of how not to do regulation. The problem you just mentioned. If you get land easily electricity won't be available and vice versa.