Musk claims to have built the world's most powerful AI training site in Memphis, Tennessee. But some residents worry about its massive energy and water use.
In a July 22 post on his social media site X, Elon Musk congratulated staff at his artificial intelligence company, xAI, for quickly getting its newest facility up and running to train his AI chatbot, named Grok.'Training started at 4:20 a.m. local time,' Musk wrote in a cheeky nod with a '420' marijuana reference that has become part of his style.
said the xAI facility will have no effects on other power customers, but power supply has been a concern in Memphis in the recent past. In late 2022, for example, a temporary power shortage subjected large parts of the area to rolling blackouts that left hundreds of thousands without power.Walker has organized an informational town hall event for Saturday morning to try to get more basic information for her constituents about the xAI project.
said in its fact sheet that it expects the xAI facility to consume a million gallons of water a day, and Houston said she has concerns about how that type of water demand might affect the aquifer and the nearby residential wells that draw from it.'The drinking water supply, the well field, for that neighborhood is known to have potential arsenic contamination seeping toward it,' Houston told Newsweek.
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