Elon Musk Moves Into Trailer at xAI Data Center Construction Site

Elon Musk, the founder of xAI and chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, has taken up residence in a standard trailer parked beside the ongoing build‑out of his new artificial‑intelligence data center. Despite a personal fortune valued at roughly $917 billion, Musk’s current “home” is a modest wheeled unit positioned directly on the construction grounds.

This arrangement mirrors previous episodes in Musk’s career. During the high‑pressure rollout of the Tesla Model 3 in 2018, he famously slept on the factory floor to monitor production. After acquiring Twitter in late 2022, he spent several nights on a couch in the company’s San Francisco headquarters.

The xAI project, announced in 2023, aims to develop a large‑scale AI research infrastructure, and the data center is a critical component of that vision. Musk’s decision to live on‑site underscores his hands‑on management style and willingness to endure austere conditions while overseeing major technical deployments.

No official statement has been released by Musk or xAI regarding the trailer arrangement, and the company has not disclosed a timeline for the data center’s completion.