Memphis families are fighting for their lives—and so are families across the country. Supercomputer facilities to power AI are being planned and built across the nation.
Largest Concentration of Data Centers in the World Is Decimating Energy Progress in Virginia
Data centers are the only growing source of energy demand in Virginia, and they are expected to double the load on the state’s electricity grid—which is primarily powered by natural gas—by 2040. This puts the state’s carbon-free electricity goal completely out of reach.
Meet KeShaun Pearson, the Memphis Activist Fighting Elon Musk’s xAI
KeShaun Pearson helped shut down a major polluter in his Memphis neighborhood. Then Colossus—the world’s largest AI facility, owned by Elon Musk—moved in.
A Memphis Community’s Clean Air Battle With Elon Musk’s xAI Supercomputer
South Memphis’ Boxtown community has been fighting Elon Musk’s enormous artificial intelligence supercomputer facility for over six months. The project powers his artificial intelligence start up xAI and uses 10 times the electricity of other data centers.