Elon has been stockpiling data-center transformers for 2 years and bought a gas turbine rental firm
PTrubey · x · 2026-11-04
Per drone shots from Joe Tegtmeyer, Elon Musk has spent nearly two years stockpiling white utility transformers suited for data centers and factories, and recently acquired a gas turbine rental company. The post cites Musk's warnings that shortages will impact the AI buildout, framing Tesla/SpaceX as deliberately prepared — 'only the paranoid survive.'
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