Environmental groups say xAI violating federal law with turbines
XAI’s first data center, Colossus, is eight miles, as the crow flies, from the second data center it is building in Whitehaven. The first dwells in a former Electrolux plant. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The groups are urging the Health Department to issue an emergency order to stop xAI’s operation of what appear to be dozens of natural gas turbines in Southwest Memphis.
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xAI Shelby County Health Department Southern Environmental Law CenterSamuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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