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The Department of Defense said the xAI data center powered by the gas plant is critical to national security, revealing Grok was used to fire thousands of missiles in the Iran war.
Published June 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and xAI founder and CEO Elon Musk listen to a reporter's question in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025, in Washington, DC. xAI's Grok Gov Model "offers features unique to xAI that are found in no other frontier AI model,” said Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the Department of Defense Cameron Stanley.
