Anthropic paying $15B a year to rent Memphis data center from SpaceX
Earlier in May, xAI (now a part of SpaceX) announced a deal with Anthropic, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence chatbot Claude.
Earlier in May, xAI (now a part of SpaceX) announced a deal with Anthropic, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence chatbot Claude.
The suit challenges what it describes as an “increasingly commonplace” practice of THP troopers teaming up with federal immigration agents to stop Memphis and Nashville motorists in order to investigate their immigration status.
Novel workers vote to unionize, an immigrants-rights group sues state troopers and Memphis names its first poet laureate.
Activists, elected leaders and politicians from Mississippi and beyond gathered in the state’s capitol Wednesday to rally against redistricting efforts.
Mike Miller drew the Let It Fly Barn on a napkin for 15 years. Now that it’s finally built, he has brought some of the NBA Draft’s top prospects to Memphis.
Employees remain optimistic that management and investors will meet their demands for living wages and better working conditions.
I polled The Daily Memphian’s staff on what our barbecue team’s name should be, if we had one. The answers were pretty incredible.
Despite playing in their first tournament game in program history, Briarcrest looks poised and polished in a victory over Knoxville Catholic.
Here are Wednesday’s top performers, along with a look ahead to Thursday’s action in Murfreesboro and Knoxville.
The first of a two-part Grizzlies Mailbag will focus on questions related to the coming draft, with other post-draft offseason questions dominating next week’s follow-up.
Back in 2010, John Isner and Sam Querrey met each other in a memorable ATP final at The Racquet Club. On July 25, they’ll be back in Memphis for an exhibition to help celebrate the return of professional tennis to the city.
Attendees gathered at Downtown’s Cossitt Library to honor the three finalists for the poet laureate role.
With the completion of all levels of school campuses, Lakeland School System’s board concentrates growth in its $37.8 million budget on benefits for teachers and students.
The Memphis Tigers baseball team advances at the American Conference Tournament in Clearwater, Florida.
Cedric Coward is the seventh different Memphis player to earn All-Rookie honors over the past seven seasons.
The privately-held commercial real estate firm bought the warehouse for $4.5 million.
Memphis scored two runs to tie the game in top of the ninth before suffering a walk-off loss.
“Love these two Christian Brothers boys continuing to invest their energy, time, and hard earned money in their hometown.” — Jeff Fiero about After six years, a new Enjoy A|M restaurant to open
“What a great bookstore! Good luck to the employees. I was recently in there to buy one book and walked out with four.” — Timothy Little about Novel bookstore employees to vote on union
“It’s amazing what our Shelby County taxes can do when put to work in Nashville.” — Bonnie Walker about 2030 Super Bowl coming to Nashville and Titans’ new enclosed stadium
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Today’s puzzle is of the Heath Riles BBQ team reaction to winning the grand championship at the Memphis In May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.
Bacarra Mauldin is alleging “wrongful termination, unpaid wages and tortious interference,” according to the case docket in Shelby County Chancery Court.
A Dallas-based industrial real estate investment firm has made its first purchase in Memphis, and Village Mart, a local clothing store, has signed a lease for a new location.
Memphis coach Charles Huff said Memphis plans to join a Power 4 conference in 2028. Was it a guarantee? Not exactly. “I think you’ve got to speak things into existence,” he said.
“We’ve always wanted a cocktail, steakhouse-y kind of restaurant,” said Andy Ticer of the second-floor bar at his and Michael Hudman’s new restaurant.
Hendricks is resigning about six months before the end of the term as his family will relocate. He was appointed to the GMSD board in 2025 to finish the term of Dr. Daniel Chatham.
Linda Perry will open for the Indigo Girls as part of the Overton Park Shell’s ticketed Shell Yeah! benefit series this fall.
Memphis coach Charles Huff said Memphis plans to join a Power 4 conference in 2028. Was it a guarantee? Not exactly. “I think you’ve got to speak things into existence,” he said.
At Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South, fifth- and sixth-grade students get to practice #adulting.