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Colossus came online in September 2024. The data center, hosted in an old household appliances factory, is responsible for the formation of Grok Chatbot of X.
Although the economic leaders and local officials welcomed Xai’s decision to be in Memphis for its potential generating income, residents of a historically served black district called Boxtown are skeptical about the company.
In recent months, they have mobilized against Xai, which is now looking for a permanent permit for a total of 15 turbines for Colossus.
The Shelby County Health Department, which said in May that it expected the license examination process to take 60 days, said: “It would not comment on a potential or in progress dispute.”
The representative of the State Justin J. Pearson, whose district includes Boxtown, compared the current battle to the biblical history of David and Goliath.
“We are Davids in this fight,” he said. “It’s good to be David because we know how the end of the story ends.”
The mayor of Memphis, Paul Young, defended the project, Recently written in the commercial call that it is estimated to bring in $ 12 million in tax revenue to the city during its first year. He also said that a newly introduced order would lead a quarter of this income to communities less than 5 miles from the establishment.
In his permit request, XAI provided information on the manufacturer on the pollutants that turbines emit. XAI representatives previously said that the company would remove certain turbines and equip others from technologies to reduce their emissions.
The defenders say that South Memphis was already faced with industrial pollution, long before the arrival of Xai. The letter sent on Tuesday refers to the city’s ozone levels and the high levels of the Shelby County of visits to emergencies linked to asthma.
Since the federal trial would be brought under the Clean Act, the NAACP had to provide 60 days notice.
“Memphis deserves honesty,” said Patrick Anderson, Southern Environmental Law Center Southern. “Memphis deserves transparency and, above all, Memphis deserves clean air.”
