More from the cited article ...

... Musk named it Colossus and said it was the "most powerful AI training system in the world." It was sold locally as a source of jobs, tax dollars and a key addition to the "Digital Delta" -- the move to make Memphis a hotspot for advanced technology.

"This is just the beginning," xAI said on its website; the company already has plans for a second facility in the city.

But for some residents in nearby Boxtown, a majority Black, economically-disadvantaged community that has long endured industrial pollution, xAI's facility represents yet another threat to their health.

AI is immensely power-hungry, and Musk's company installed dozens of gas-powered turbines, known to produce a cocktail of toxic pollutants. The company currently has no air permits, appearing to rely on a loophole for temporary turbines -- but environmental groups say the exemption does not apply, and residents are angry. ...

@#4 ... "This is just the beginning," ...

Actually, it does not look like just the beginning of the world's wealthiest person (intentionally?) hurting and possibly killing off less fortunate people for his own benefit.

@#6 ... Republicans don't believe in pollution. ...

Apparently to the point that their policies are affecting the health of the people in their state?

@#9 ... When they say "environmental racism" which you don't hear much any more. It means stuff like this, where the people who suffer the most are poor and minorities. ...

I could not have said it more succinctly myself.

@#10

Of course, that then prompts a question ...

Why do Republicans seem to want to actively kill off the people who are less likely to support them?