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How did Elon get so much NVIDIA hardware before everyone else?

by BonoboIO 5mo ago

novok 5mo ago
I've heard the harder part is to have data centers to put the nvidia hardware than getting the hardware currently.
- FinnKuhn 5mo ago
  And the secret ingridient to building those faster than others is... crime. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk-xai-datacenter-memphis https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk...
  - mindslight 5mo ago
    Holy shit: > This article was amended on 16 January 2026 because a megawatt is a unit of power, not energy as an earlier version suggested.
retr0rocket 5mo ago
Because he went all in with money before a lot of other people. He moved as fast as he could with known financing
JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
> How did Elon get so much NVIDIA hardware before everyone else? He’s the richest man on the planet and doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys. If you want to reliably offload your chips, he’s safer than e.g. OpenAI who might or might not have the money when the bill comes due.
- lmeyerov 5mo ago
  tesla not paying bills: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-l... x not paying bills: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/24/musks-twitter-has-been-sued-by-at-least-six-companies-for-unpaid-bills.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/24/musks-twitter-has-been-sued-... spacex not paying bills: https://www.fastcompany.com/91124157/spacex-contractors-texas-say-musk-slow-to-pay-bills https://www.fastcompany.com/91124157/spacex-contractors-texa...
  - root-parent 5mo ago
    It has been leaked the have a huge open bill with AWS....
- ckastner 5mo ago
  > He’s the richest man on the planet and doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys. My impression was the other way around. The shenanigans he pulled around the Twitter acquisition were just farcical, and at Twitter he repeatedly refused to pay owed rent, etc. (I assume as a ploy to renegotiate terms).
- usefulcat 5mo ago
  > doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys You mean like the time he committed to buying Twitter and then tried to back out of a legally binding contractual agreement to finalize the deal?
- 4ffss 5mo ago
  "doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys" Hahaaha. A solid admission of being clueless. Elon has a strong track record of doing shady stuff to get out of deals.

How did Elon get so much NVIDIA hardware before everyone else?

novok 5mo ago

I've heard the harder part is to have data centers to put the nvidia hardware than getting the hardware currently.

FinnKuhn 5mo ago
And the secret ingridient to building those faster than others is... crime. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk-xai-datacenter-memphis https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk...
- mindslight 5mo ago
  Holy shit: > This article was amended on 16 January 2026 because a megawatt is a unit of power, not energy as an earlier version suggested.

retr0rocket 5mo ago

Because he went all in with money before a lot of other people. He moved as fast as he could with known financing

JumpCrisscross 5mo ago

> How did Elon get so much NVIDIA hardware before everyone else? He’s the richest man on the planet and doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys. If you want to reliably offload your chips, he’s safer than e.g. OpenAI who might or might not have the money when the bill comes due.

lmeyerov 5mo ago
tesla not paying bills: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-l... x not paying bills: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/24/musks-twitter-has-been-sued-by-at-least-six-companies-for-unpaid-bills.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/24/musks-twitter-has-been-sued-... spacex not paying bills: https://www.fastcompany.com/91124157/spacex-contractors-texas-say-musk-slow-to-pay-bills https://www.fastcompany.com/91124157/spacex-contractors-texa...
- root-parent 5mo ago
  It has been leaked the have a huge open bill with AWS....
ckastner 5mo ago
> He’s the richest man on the planet and doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys. My impression was the other way around. The shenanigans he pulled around the Twitter acquisition were just farcical, and at Twitter he repeatedly refused to pay owed rent, etc. (I assume as a ploy to renegotiate terms).
usefulcat 5mo ago
> doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys You mean like the time he committed to buying Twitter and then tried to back out of a legally binding contractual agreement to finalize the deal?
4ffss 5mo ago
"doesn’t have a track record of not paying for shit he buys" Hahaaha. A solid admission of being clueless. Elon has a strong track record of doing shady stuff to get out of deals.