Elon Musk’s xAI plans $659M expansion at Memphis supercomputer site

‘We Are Not Expendable’: Southaven Residents Fight xAI Plan for 41 Gas Turbines to Power Musk's Grok

Many area residents in Southaven, Mississippi, and nearby Memphis, Tennessee, oppose xAI’s growing presence in their backyards, fearing what Elon Musk’s data centers’ operations could mean for their health and the surrounding environment. The post ‘We Are Not Expendable’: Southaven Residents Fight xAI’s Plan for 41 Gas Turbines to Power Musk’s Grok appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

Inside the reporting: Using a thermal drone to investigate xAI’s power plant

Last month, we published an investigation into Elon Musk’s Mississippi power plant fueling Colossus 2, the massive data center powering xAI’s Grok chatbot. Using thermal drone imagery, our reporting showed more than a dozen gas turbines operating at the site without state permits.Published in partnership with The Guardian and republished by newsrooms in Mississippi and beyond, the story and its striking images have reached more than 1.5 million …

Elon Musk’s xAI plans $659M expansion at Memphis supercomputer site

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has filed a permit to construct a new building at its growing data center complex outside Memphis, Tennessee.  As per a report from Data Center Dynamics, xAI plans to spend about $659 million on a new facility adjacent to its Colossus 2 data center. Permit documents submitted to the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development show the proposed structure would be a four-story buil…