That comes with monstrous energy demands, and the way xAI is meeting them has angered environmental groups and the residents of Boxtown, a predominantly Black neighborhood just three miles south of the facility, Politico reports.
'How come I can't breathe?' Elon Musk's AI company chose Memphis for a huge new data center, powered by 35 gas turbines that enviros call a major producer of smog-forming pollution.
It has no federal air permits.
By @arielwittenberg.bsky.social
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-- Bob King (@bkingdc.bsky.social) May 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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