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SpaceX Offers Employees Extra Pay to Help Build Its Data Centers
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- SpaceX is offering employees a 20% pay increase to temporarily relocate to Memphis or Southaven for six weeks to assist with the buildout of its critical supercomputer data centers, with travel expenses covered by the company.
- Volunteers must be in good performance standing, preferably with over one year of tenure, and no prior managerial experience is required, though construction experience is a plus.
- The data centers, originally built by xAI before its integration into SpaceX, have become a key revenue source, generating over $7 billion in AI-related income last quarter, nearly half of SpaceX's total revenue.
- Elon Musk has been personally dedicating significant time in Memphis to oversee the expansion, aiming to add an additional 10 gigawatts of compute capacity by the end of 2027.
- This employee reallocation strategy, known as "surging," has been used previously by SpaceX for mission-critical projects, including Starship development in Texas, and may continue through the end of 2026 with potential extensions.
