‘This is what progress looks like,’ xAI breaks ground on water recycling plant
From left: MLGW CEO Doug McGowen, TVA CEO Don Moul, xAI executive Brent Mayo, Memphis City Council Chairman J. Ford Canale and Greater Memphis CEO Ted Townsend toss dirt during the groundbreaking for the Colossus Water Recycling Plant on Riverport Road. (Sam Hardiman/The Daily Memphian)
During the groundbreaking, no one said xAI primary owner Elon Musk’s name aloud, but he was referenced multiple times.
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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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