There are 13 article(s) tagged Colossus:

• June 2026

  • DeSoto County residents sue SpaceX over noise

    A class action lawsuit alleges that the noise from SpaceX’s natural gas plant has eroded quality of life, and that the company hasn’t taken steps to mitigate the noise.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 09, 2026

  • Memphis advisory board finalizes 11 community priorities for $3 million AI fund

    The board’s recommendations — which still need to pass the City Council — include a $1 million allocation for a pre-weatherization assistance program to help residents with critical home repairs, mold remediation and indoor air quality improvements.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 05, 2026

• May 2026

  • Anthropic paying $15B a year to rent Memphis data center from SpaceX

    Earlier in May, xAI (now a part of SpaceX) announced a deal with Anthropic, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence chatbot Claude.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 26, 2026

  • SpaceX buys data center building for $185 million

    SpaceX purchased the building that houses the Colossus data center for $185 million, documents show. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 22, 2026

  • Claude AI to use xAI’s Memphis data center

    Anthropic, the company behind the widely successful Claude chatbot, would use all of Colossus’ computing capacity. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 06, 2026

  • Protesters block entrance to xAI’s Memphis data center

    Demonstrators outside xAI’s Colossus I data center in Southwest Memphis voice concerns about air pollution in the area.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 01, 2026

• April 2026

  • Elon Musk gives timeline on water recycling plant

    The Daily Memphian reported the water recycling facility, a key promise the company made to local leaders and residents, was “on an indefinite pause.” Without it, xAI uses fresh drinking water to cool its Colossus data center.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 09, 2026

  • XAI water recycling plant on indefinite pause

    Without the plant’s completion, xAI and TVA could continue drawing billions of gallons of freshwater from the aquifer, which also supplies the region’s drinking water. 

    By Samuel Hardiman April 09, 2026

• October 2025

  • ‘This is what progress looks like,’ xAI breaks ground on water recycling plant

    During the groundbreaking, no one said xAI primary owner Elon Musk’s name aloud, but he was referenced multiple times. 

    By Samuel Hardiman October 10, 2025

• June 2025

  • Elon Musk talks xAI in Memphis and beyond

    Billionaire Elon Musk shed new light last week on exactly what technology his artificial intelligence company has in Memphis, and what his plans are for the future of xAI.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 22, 2025

• May 2025

  • Here’s how much water xAI is using to cool its supercomputer

    Progress on xAI’s water-recycling facility has slowed to a bureaucratic trickle, but construction could come like a flood in a matter of weeks. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 19, 2025

• April 2025

  • Here’s what xAI will pay in property taxes

    XAI is being taxed on $2.2 billion in investments, not the $12 billion the Greater Memphis Chamber touted throughout the past year. 

    By Samuel Hardiman April 14, 2025

• September 2024

  • XAI supercomputer to double in size by year end

    Deemed Colossus, the xAI supercomputer is the “most powerful AI training system in the world,” Elon Musk wrote on X Monday, Sept. 2.

    By Sophia Surrett, Samuel Hardiman September 04, 2024