Elon Musk's plan, at first glance, borders on the absurd. Even if one imagines the possibility of acquiring the necessary number of graphic processors to upgrade the Colossus AI supercomputer, the needs for electricity and cooling, not to mention the required capital investments, will be simply incredible.
With the current market price of a single graphic processor ranging from $30,000 to $40,000, purchasing an additional 900,000 units would cost xAI between $27 billion and $36 billion. And even assuming a significant wholesale discount, the final cost will still remain exorbitantly high, regardless of whether the deployment is stretched over several years. Moreover, one should not forget about the costs of constructing suitable buildings, creating efficient cooling systems, and laying the necessary electrical infrastructure to support the operation of this massive park of accelerators.