Opinion: On xAI, Mayor Young is gaslighting Memphis
Environmental activists block the entrance of xAI's Paul Lowrey Road location to protest the pollution generated by the data center's gas-powered turbines May 1, 2026. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Joseph Ryan Kelly
Joseph Ryan Kelly is a former public school teacher who now works in higher education at Rhodes College running a teacher licensure program and helping teacher candidates earn their teaching license.
Opinion by Joseph Ryan Kelly: “If Mayor Young truly believes Anthropic’s partnership with xAI is unequivocally good news for Memphis, then he is badly misreading the moment.”
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