SPACEX STARTS IN-HOUSE TURBINE BLADE MANUFACTURING TO BOOST GAS-POWERED GENERATOR OUTPUT FOR ELON'S AI DATA CENTERS — NEW MANUFACTURING STRATEGY CUTS GENERATOR DELAYS BY 18 MONTHS

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Turbine blade and vane manufacturing is currently one of the biggest bottlenecks in jet engine production. Each batch often requires 60 to 90 weeks to produce from start to finish. SpaceX plans to manufacture its own turbine blades. This could cut deliveries by 18 months, allowing xAI to get brand-new turbine generators much faster instead of waiting behind a long queue expected to stretch into 2030. Musk reportedly quietly bought a portable gas and turbine fleet for around $1 billion to take advantage of an upcoming boom in demand for energy due to data center increases.