{"id":30240,"date":"2026-07-16T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=30240"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:16:11","slug":"elon-musk-purchased-a-gasoline-turbine-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=30240","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Purchased A Gasoline Turbine Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">It\u2019s prone to develop into a direct energy supply for SpaceXAI\u2019s information facilities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2216186\/elon-musk-bought-a-gas-turbine-company\/\" data-post-title=\"Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2216186\">\n<picture id=\"p13a74a83ff7296765815aaf11050b4d2\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/elon-musk-bought-a-gas-turbine-company\/intro-1784151303.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/elon-musk-bought-a-gas-turbine-company\/intro-1784151303.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/elon-musk-bought-a-gas-turbine-company\/intro-1784151303.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2216186\/elon-musk-bought-a-gas-turbine-company\/\" data-post-id=\"2216186\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Photo of APR Energy's mobile power fleet at a power plant.\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">APR Power<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/legal-library\/browse\/early-termination-notices\/20261350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquired<\/a> APR Power earlier this yr, including a brand new enterprise to his portfolio: fossil fuels. APR produces cell gasoline and diesel generators that may be mounted on trailers. The transfer occurred quietly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/legal-library\/browse\/early-termination-notices\/20261350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Could<\/a>, with no public announcement or declarations from Musk\u00a0or APR itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2026\/07\/14\/musk-buys-gas-turbine-company-apr-energy-grok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Electrek<\/em><\/a> solely picked up on the submitting yesterday, and it estimates the acquisition worth at about $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The most definitely software for this buy will likely be powering AI information facilities. Producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2202099\/the-most-popular-grok-feature-is-apparently-exactly-what-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all that NSFW content material<\/a>\u00a0calls for an entire lot of vitality. APR&#8217;s cell fleet is just like the generators Musk&#8217;s xAI was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2172050\/elon-musk-just-cant-stop-potentially-violating-the-clean-air-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued for<\/a> utilizing at an information middle in Southaven, Mississippi on fees of violating the Clear Air Act. Since that go well with was filed, the variety of cell generators on the information middle has elevated considerably. The Division of Justice is making an attempt to have the go well with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2195032\/doj-backs-xai-naacp-data-center-pollution-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismissed<\/a> in order that the US army can preserve utilizing xAI&#8217;s Grok for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/the-us-military-will-reportedly-use-elon-musks-grok-ai-in-its-classified-systems-110049021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Investing in gasoline and diesel marks fairly a reversal from the sport Musk was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/elon-musk-burning-fossil-fuels-is-the-dumbest-experiment-in-history-by-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaking<\/a> a decade in the past, when he referred to as continued use of fossil fuels &#8220;the dumbest experiment in historical past, by far.&#8221; His enterprise might additional compound that experiment by constructing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2203191\/spacex-is-reportedly-planning-to-build-its-own-natural-gas-pipeline-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pure gasoline pipeline<\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s prone to develop into a direct energy supply for SpaceXAI\u2019s information facilities. &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; APR Power Elon Musk acquired APR Power earlier this yr, including a brand new enterprise to his portfolio: fossil fuels. APR produces cell gasoline and diesel generators that may be mounted on trailers. 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