Future xAI expansion plans come with power questions
Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Ted Townsend and xAI's Brent Mayo speak at the chamber's annual luncheon at the Peabody Dec. 4, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
XAI’s planned expansion comes with a pressing question: Where would the project get its power?
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Samuel Hardiman
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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