NAACP Demands Shutdown of Musk's Memphis Supercomputer Over Data Concerns
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The NAACP has urged Memphis officials to halt operations at Elon Musk's xAI 's Colossus data center due to concerns over hazardous emissions from gas turbines, alleged permit violations, and its location near a historically Black community, criticizing the local authorities for allowing potentially illegal pollution levels and endangering public health.
- NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’ TechCrunch
- NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Musk's supercomputer in Memphis NBC News
- xAI debate inspires young Memphians to take action Action News 5
- NAACP pens letter calling for end of xAI supercomputer WREG.com
- Opinion: Musk’s AI ‘Colossus’ in Memphis is everyone’s problem Chattanooga Times Free Press
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