xAI natural gas turbines to be removed in coming months

Memphis Mayor talks incident-free RiverBeat, rebuilding Clayborn Temple and xAI's gas turbines

In his monthly sit-down interview with FOX13's Good Morning Memphis on Wednesday, Mayor Paul Young talked about the recent spike in violence across the city, an incident-free RiverBeat, rebuilding the Clayborn Temple and the removal of gas turbines at Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer facility.

xAI natural gas turbines to be removed in coming months

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- In the next couple of months, xAI will begin demobilizing and removing some of its natural gas turbines, the Greater Memphis Chamber announced. On May 1, 2025, xAI reached full operational capability for Phase I of the two-phase operation at the former Electrolux site. xAI was connected to a newly constructed electric substation from which it is now receiving 150MW of grid power from MLGW and TVA.  Additionally, 150MW of Megapa…

XAI removing some turbines in next two months

XAI has operated the turbines currently running without an air-emissions permit — using a temporary-use exemption that allows the machines to run for the first 364 days without a permit. Related content: XAI’s second data center could use enough electricity to power 40% of Memphis