xAI rep on city land deal: 'I want Memphis to win'

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Memphis City Council approves xAI land deal for wastewater facility

Memphis City Council has approved an $820,000 land deal for 13 acres with CTC Property, an affiliate of Elon Musk's xAI.

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xAI rep on city land deal: 'I want Memphis to win'

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A city council committee Tuesday approved selling land to xAI to build a water recycling facility that will cool its Colossus supercomputer and two nearby industries. If approved by the full council, xAI will buy 13 acres of city-owned land near its southwest Memphis site for $820,000, then build an $80 million facility to recycle wastewater from a nearby water treatment plant. "We think this is a really good deal for the commun…

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Elon Musk and his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, have been advancing in the construction of their supercomputer called "Colossus", a system designed to compete with the most advanced AI infrastructures in the world. However, recent revelations about the environmental impact of the project have triggered alarms in the community of Memphis, Tennessee, where the facility is located. An ambitious project with unexpected consequences Since Jun…