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Elon Musk’s massive xAI data center is poisoning Memphis.

It's burning enough gas to power a small city, with no permits and no pollution controls.

Residents tell us they can’t breathe and they’re getting sicker.

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[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I would guess it's diesel as that's what most MW scale generators for data centers use.

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Why would a data center be running off its back up generators 24/7?

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Got the impression that he needed his own power station for this data centre. Must be a grid shortage or he has a cheap fuel deal.

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