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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582
. . .
'AI' requires VAST quantities of electricity. Some
makers have even looked into buying a nuke plant.
Musk set up his place kinda outside Memphis. It
is currently using 14 high-power natural-gas
fired turbine generators. Nearby residents (mostly
'black' btw) say it's creating a total choking
stink that's making them sick.
The turbines are officially "temporary" - which
gets around certain regs.
You'd THINK natural gas would burn clean - but
for max efficiency you want the turbine to use
high pressure and temperature ... and in this
case it's high enough to make NOx. The 'temporary'
generators have no anti-pollution features.
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