Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis
One of xAI’s data centers is located at the former Electrolux plant in Southwest Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
LaTricea Adams
LaTricea Adams is CEO and president of Young, Gifted & Green, a nonprofit environmental justice organization.
“Let xAI not be a monument to what was taken from Memphis but a testament to what happens when a city demands justice for its people.”
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