Musk announced on social media platform X on Wednesday that Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer will become suppliers to their artificial intelligence startup xAI, providing server racks for the supercomputers they are manufacturing.
He wrote in response to a post, "More precisely, Dell is assembling half of the racks for the supercomputers being built by xAI."
Then, an enthusiastic netizen asked, "Who does the other half of the rack? Is it IBM, HP, Cray, or SGI?" Musk replied, "SMC.".
This SMC refers to Chaowei Computer, which is known for its close ties with chip companies such as Nvidia and its liquid cooling technology. The company has also confirmed its partnership with xAI to the media.
Dell Technology CEO Michael Dell posted on X, saying, "We are collaborating with Nvidia to build a Dell AI factory to support Musk's xAI company's large model Grok."
XAI was founded in 2023 and is an artificial intelligence company founded by Musk against OpenAI. Musk previously told investors that his xAI plans to build a supercomputer to power his next-generation artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. He hopes to put this supercomputer into operation before the fall of 2025.
However, training AI models like Grok requires tens of thousands of high power consuming chips, which are currently in short supply. Earlier this year, Musk stated that training the Grok 2 model would require approximately 20000 Nvidia H100 graphics processors (GPUs), and the Grok 3 model and future versions would require 100000 Nvidia H100 chips.
Last month, xAI successfully raised $6 billion, with investors including Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Asset Management, and Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company. The company stated that this funding will help push the first batch of xAI products to the market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate future technology research and development.