XAI has been slow to pay MLGW
According to copies of its bills, MLGW has sent xAI at least three notices that its electric and water service could be cut off.
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According to copies of its bills, MLGW has sent xAI at least three notices that its electric and water service could be cut off.
“It is important to us as a company that we grow in Memphis. We want our fellow businesses to grow, too.”
Last week, xAI, the startup founded by Elon Musk, announced plans to expand its supercomputer. Now, environmental groups want to know what it will cost Memphis.
Tech giants Nvidia, Super Micro Computer and Dell are also eyeing Memphis for new manufacturing space.
XAI’s planned expansion comes with a pressing question: Where would the project get its power? Elon Musk’s xAI poised to invest billions of dollars in Memphis supercomputerRelated content:
Musk has said he wants xAI to be the most “truth-seeking” artificial intelligence, its training not swayed by ideology. At present, its training appears to not be swayed by anyone, including Musk.
XAI is set to lease a site via CTC Property LLC, a California LLC affiliated with the Elon Musk company.
A person familiar with the matter said the land would be used for future development for xAI and allow the company to build on its ongoing momentum in Memphis.Related content:
Deemed Colossus, the xAI supercomputer is the “most powerful AI training system in the world,” Elon Musk wrote on X Monday, Sept. 2.
After xAI’s supercomputer came online, the Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence startup revamped its plans for a greywater facility to include other large water users.
Environmental activists have raised concerns about emissions from the site as well as impact on the region’s drinking water.
The treated wastewater from the plant would replace demand on the region’s supply and save hundreds of millions of drinking water a year from industrial use.
The Memphis supercomputer is a “massive training center” for xAI’s chatbot Grok, a competitor of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Elon Musk said in a recent interview.
A source close to xAI said it could share a greywater plant with the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA did not dismiss the idea. Related story:
The billionaire was likely in Memphis this weekend.
All 100,000 H100 Nvidia chips for the xAI supercomputer have been received.
The Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence company will hire up to 120 additional people to create a “fiber team,” bringing potential staffing at the Memphis site to 320.
The Elon Musk-founded supercomputer is halfway through construction, and the company’s preliminary engineering plans for its greywater plant are almost complete.
The supercomputer intended to power and do computations for Grok, the chatbot run by xAI’s artificial intelligence, could be up and running as early as August, a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Memphian.
“Nobody believed Jerry West would take a job with the Grizzlies. He was too famous, too big, for this town. But West never thought that.” Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the NBA logo, dies at 86Related story:
“The vision that (Elon Musk) shared, knowing that vision includes Memphis in the winning equation, that for me was a goose bump moment,” Greater Memphis Chamber President and CEO Ted Townsend said.
Ted Townsend had to answer some questions about Elon Musk and xAI on Sunday. And he couldn’t very well duck them. They were from his mom.
A source who spoke with The Daily Memphian exclusively on Thursday shed light on why the company chose Memphis, including the city’s ample land at fair prices.
The facility could be worth billions of dollars and be one of the most advanced computing sites in the world.
While Ricki Krupp can’t confirm that Musk ate her challah, she’s pretty certain he did.