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Elon Musk brought ‘the world’s biggest supercomputer’ to Memphis. Residents say they’re choking on its pollution
xAI has moved into an abandoned factory promising jobs and investment. Residents and environmental groups say the new facility is bringing yet more pollution to community that’s long been fighting for clean air
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. The new Memphis facility is part of Musk’s quest to dominate AI, providing computing power to xAI’s chatbot, Grok, which the company promotes as an “anti-woke” version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Memphis Mayor Paul Young has thrown his support behind xAI’s arrival, emphasizing benefits including the promise of hundreds of high-paying jobs and around $30 million in tax revenues in the first year alone.
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