Group claims xAI plans turbines at new site; Chamber says no

Group claims xAI plans turbines at new site; Chamber says no

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An environmental group said Thursday that they believe xAI is planning to install up to 90 power-generating turbines at its second Memphis facility, but the Greater Memphis Chamber quickly responded, saying there were no such plans. "XAI, a company founded by Elon Musk, is evaluating a plan to install between 40 and 90 polluting methane gas turbines at its second South Memphis data center, according to documents obtained by the …

xAI Controversy Questions Black Leadership, Chamber Integrity – The Tennessee Tribune

The xAI supercomputer under construction in Memphis has blown into a full scale civic war of words after it was discovered that the company had violated a temporary permit from the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) to install 15 portable methane gas turbines to power the site, but had actually put in 35 of the machines without permission. Owned by billionaire Elon Musk, the space age inventor and industrialist currently said to be the wealt…