Environmental groups urge TVA not to serve xAI
The Tennessee Valley Authority and xAI remain in talks for a demand-response agreement, a contract that would require the supercomputer to shed load when grid demand is high. (The Livingston Enterprise, Garrett Cheen/AP Photo file)
The request comes amid the backdrop of some grassroots opposition to the project in Memphis and growing awareness nationwide of the demands supercomputers and other data centers have placed on electric grids and water supplies.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives in Midtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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