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‘How come I can’t breathe?': Musk’s data company draws a backlash in Memphis (www.politico.com)
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.

None of the 35 methane gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules.

The company has no Clean Air Act permits.

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[-] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 22 points 1 year ago

Chucklefucks voted for this

[-] cocolowlander@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not in Memphis, because that's predominantly Black Americans.

Usually the Southern Republican government grants permits for these types of polluting facilities in non-White communities.

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