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

> 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.

Because he went all in with money before a lot of other people.

He moved as fast as he could with known financing