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Nearby Residents Say Elon Musk's Gigantic Supercomputer Is Making Them Sick (futurism.com)

submitted 6 months ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/usa@midwest.social

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Located in the Memphis neighborhood of Boxtown, Tennessee, xAI’s “Colossus supercomputer” data center has been mired in controversy ever since its inception, pumping noxious gasses into the air and drying out local faucets. For Musk, it’s the key piece of infrastructure behind AI ambitions — the facility keeping him in the AI race with other tech magnates like Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg.

For the predominantly black residents of Boxtown, however, Colossus is turning their neighborhood into a putrid nightmare.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He actually named his AI center "Colossus"? JFC.

[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

names DC Colossus

not actually used to fight nazis

smh false advertising

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Apartheid didn't die. It moved to Boxtown.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Ironically, keeping people and that hunk of shit factory apart might be just the ticket

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Article didn't say but previous articles say it's the gas turbines.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

As I understand, he couldn't get power contracts so he had to buy any generators he could get and pay top dollar.