xAI, Memphis and Elon Musk
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We know that the second iteration of xAI's AI supercomputer, Colossus II, is coming to Whitehaven. Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he "suspects' the power plant used to power xAI's Memphis supercomputers will be housed in Mississippi.
The DeSoto County NAACP's branch president, Robert Tipton, Jr., said they do not want to face the same issues as Memphis over clean air.
The ordinance comes months after Memphis Mayor Paul Memphis Mayor Paouln Young proposed dedicating some revenue to areas closest to the supercomputer.
FOX13 was greeted at the entrance of that property by a security guard wearing the xAI logo on his ballcap and security vest. Also, there was at least one Tesla Cybertruck on the property with a California license plate.
Memphis residents are getting a chance to tell Mayor Paul Young and council members how they want tax dollars from the xAI over the next six weeks, but a cloud still hangs over the project. Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer was announced last year and unlike other projects,
After months of backlash over alleged pollution concerns, xAI has finally secured an air permit covering some of the methane gas turbines powering its Colossus supercomputer data center in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Elon Musk's plans to ship an overseas power plant to Memphis for an xAI supercomputer raise both interest and environmental concerns.
There are a lot of questions and concerns about the data centers moving to Memphis, especially around the environmental impacts.