xAI, Memphis and Elon Musk
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An xAI official provided new details about plans for the artificial intelligence company's second Memphis facility — but not how it will be powered.
The leader of xAI in Memphis confirmed what FOX13 had been investigating for days: The company is now working in Southaven.
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,
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.
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.
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.
The ordinance comes months after Memphis Mayor Paul Memphis Mayor Paouln Young proposed dedicating some revenue to areas closest to the supercomputer.
Elon Musk's plans to ship an overseas power plant to Memphis for an xAI supercomputer raise both interest and environmental concerns.
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WREG.com on MSNxAI exec not disclosing plans for Southaven, MS siteMEMPHIS, Tenn. — xAI executive Brent Mayo said Tuesday the company currently has a presence in Southaven, Mississippi but would not confirm that the site was home to a new power plant that Elon Musk’s company was shipping in from overseas.