SpaceX offers Memphis residents 50% Starlink discount as xAI data center expands in the region
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Katherine Li
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SpaceX is offering Memphis residents a 50% discount on Starlink internet service as the company expands its data center operations in the region. The discount is linked to xAI's Colossus data center, which uses Nvidia GPUs for AI training. The article discusses how this local perk serves as community goodwill while SpaceX and xAI (both led by Elon Musk) scale their AI infrastructure in Memphis.
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The discount is linked to xAI's Colossus data center in the region.
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