Shotwell: Musk lives in a Memphis Airstream trailer while building Colossus II
XFreeze · x · 2026-09-18
XFreeze relays Gwynne Shotwell's remarks about Elon Musk: the world's richest man is living in an Airstream trailer in Memphis while personally helping build xAI's Colossus II supercomputing site.
- Shotwell: "This is Elon doing what people don't believe he does. He sleeps on the factory floor. He's in Memphis helping build buildings."
- Musk literally calls the Airstream his "palace"
- The poster contrasts this with most billionaires never going near a construction site
Related event: Musk Lives in an Airstream by Memphis Site to Oversee xAI Colossus Buildout(5 posts)→
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