Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer brings serious environmental risk to Memphis

[Haider Tiwana]

The supercomputer went live last month. Everything's been pushed thru a bit hush hush without much debate. Will this help our economy? 300 jobs isn't a lot to bring to Memphis for a $3-4 billion dollar project (it doesn't take much to run a data center). personally I'm a musk fan, but we have to consider the ramifications to demanding this much energy. South Memphis is a target for industrial plants and its residents have increased cancer risks as a result (https://www.southernenvironment.org/press-release/sterilizat...). Is this a net positive or negative for Memphis? What are your thoughts?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-dM9pbAzVJ/?locale=%E5%93%AA%E9...

https://www.hpcwire.com/2024/09/05/xai-colossus-the-elon-pro...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-s1-5088134/elon-musk-ai-xa...