importantSYS.SOURCE: TechCrunch• 2026-08-30T16:54:25Z
Elon Musk's In-House Gas Turbine Manufacturing Initiative and Environmental Concerns
Elon Musk's SpaceX is accelerating gas turbine production through in-house casting to support AI infrastructure, but the initiative faces environmental backlash due to pollution concerns from increased natural gas usage.
Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gone in.
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