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xAI gets approval for 15 gas turbines at Memphis data center

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xAI has received approval to operate 15 permanent gas turbines at its Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Each turbine is a 22MW unit, and the operation of all 15 is expected to generate significant noise and a low rumble that could travel for miles. AI

IMPACT Data center infrastructure decisions like this can impact the availability and cost of AI compute resources.

RANK_REASON Approval for infrastructure at a data center, not a core AI release or research.

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xAI gets approval for 15 gas turbines at Memphis data center

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # xai # ai # datacenter # resistance # gasturbine # noise # pollution # elonmusk At its Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee, xAI received approval from

    # xai # ai # datacenter # resistance # gasturbine # noise # pollution # elonmusk At its Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee, xAI received approval from local health officials to operate 15 permanent gas turbines. This is a single 22MW unit, Imagine the noise that 15 of t…

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