xAI, Elon Musk and Memphis
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The NAACP is appealing the Shelby County Health Department's decision to approve the use of gas turbines at one of xAI's Memphis campuses.
On Tuesday, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed the appeal with the Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Young, Gifted, and Green.
The two groups have demanded the state's health department take action against Elon Musk's xAI company.
An xAI official provided new details about plans for the artificial intelligence company's second Memphis facility — but not how it will be powered.
SELC, NAACP, and Young, Gifted & Green appeal a permit granted to xAI for operating gas-fired turbines, citing potential legal and environmental violations.
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,
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WREG-TV Memphis on MSNxAI exec not disclosing plans for Southaven 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
Elon Musk's plans to ship an overseas power plant to Memphis for an xAI supercomputer raise both interest and environmental concerns.