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Action News 5 on MSNxAI leader shares insights about building world’s largest supercomputer in MemphisM EMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Brent Mayo moves at a rapid pace as the point man building Elon Musk’s Colossus 1 and Colossus 2, the largest supercomputers on planet Earth, right here in Memphis, Tennessee. Mayo told the Memphis Rotary Club on Tuesday that his boss stays in close touch.
Memphis residents are getting a chance to tell Mayor Paul Young and council members how they want tax dollars from the xAI over the next six weeks, but a cloud still hangs over the project. Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer was announced last year and unlike other projects,
We know that the second iteration of xAI's AI supercomputer, Colossus II, is coming to Whitehaven. Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he "suspects' the power plant used to power xAI's Memphis supercomputers will be housed in Mississippi.
After months of backlash over alleged pollution concerns, xAI has finally secured an air permit covering some of the methane gas turbines powering its Colossus supercomputer data center in Memphis, Tennessee.
Elon Musk's plans to ship an overseas power plant to Memphis for an xAI supercomputer raise both interest and environmental concerns.
The leader of xAI in Memphis confirmed what FOX13 had been investigating for days: The company is now working in Southaven.
The ordinance comes months after Memphis Mayor Paul Memphis Mayor Paouln Young proposed dedicating some revenue to areas closest to the supercomputer.
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WREG.com on MSNxAI receives permit for 15 power turbines, Chamber saysThe Shelby County Health Department has approved a permit for xAI to operate 15 natural gas turbines as secondary emergency power backups, the Greater Memphis Chamber said