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MLGW said that it has discussed xAI using up to 1.1 gigawatts of power at its Tulane Road data center. However, MLGW said that amount of power is not poised to be delivered soon and is not formally being studied.
Flash floods covered roadways throughout the area Thursday as rain continued. Meteorologist Erik Proseus said Friday may be less severe, but Saturday’s forecast is again worrisome.Related content:
This is the first time the forecast has hit a 5 — the top of the National Weather Service’s risk scale — since 2023, said an NWS meteorologist.
Plus, four new apartment buildings are slated for the Medical District along Poplar Avenue and MLGW’s North Service Center facility is expanding.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s massive operations could change in the coming years, shifting the city’s industrial geography and potentially opening up key real estate for other uses. Related content:
Memphis Light, Gas and Water could generate electricity for the first time in decades.
Temperatures in the area are expected to plunge into the teens Thursday. The high temperature on Friday is predicted to hover near freezing.
On Thursday, xAI’s plans to use natural gas turbines in the long term became public after The Daily Memphian received the company’s recent application to the Shelby County Health Department for an air-emissions permit.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water would lose revenue if a water-recycling plant is built. The utility’s CEO still says it’s “what we have been looking for.”
According to copies of its bills, MLGW has sent xAI at least three notices that its electric and water service could be cut off.
Conserving electricity means turning thermostats to 68 degrees or below, unplugging unused appliances, and avoiding running the washer, dryer, dishwasher and other appliances that use a lot of electricity.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water CEO Doug McGowen said the utility has been working to insulate key equipment during the cold.
The utility’s outage map showed about 33 outages and more than 10,000 customers without power within the Interstate-240 loop.
“It is a physics problem, not a political problem, on how much energy can be provided here,” MLGW CEO Doug McGowen told the Memphis City Council on Tuesday.
With bad weather hitting Memphis this week, home and business owners should try to lessen their chances of suffering major damage. One local pharmacist has some hard-learned advice.
Five utility poles were down, and repairs were expected to last several hours, according to MLGW.
XAI’s planned expansion comes with a pressing question: Where would the project get its power? Elon Musk’s xAI poised to invest billions of dollars in Memphis supercomputerRelated content:
The Memphis City Council addressed changing fiscal needs, and approved funding shifts for a Downtown Police Command Center and annual property-tax payments by MLGW.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water has released more information on what may have led to about 21,000 customers losing power on Monday evening.
MLGW’s $2.5 billion budget doesn’t include any rate increases for the current year, but a previously passed 4% electric rate increase will take effect next year. Related content:
The Memphis City Council has an eye toward the future of Downtown and MLGW’s place in it.
Multiple TVA board members asked questions about the impact xAI has had on surrounding neighborhoods in Westwood and Boxtown.
“Everyone deserves to live in a safe home regardless of its age or their income. ... Lead service lines can be a source of exposure to the harmful impacts of lead.”Related content:
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen says on “Behind The Headlines” the utility has the money to replace its lines and is working on funding to replace it on the customer’s side of the connection.
A person familiar with the company’s thinking has said xAI plans on being fully interruptible, meaning it will cut its electric load down to nothing if the TVA grid is stressed.