XAI could tackle some MSCS building upgrades
PURE Academy students talk at the Metal Museum with Brent Mayo (right) a key executive of xAI in Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Since arriving in Memphis, xAI has built out its data centers with trademark speed. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company could soon bring a similar approach to some of the $1.4 billion in building upgrades needed at Memphis schools.
Additional contributions from the Musk Foundation, announced Friday, July 25, will allow the Boys and Girls Clubs of Memphis to reopen sites at two high schools that were among the nine that closed earlier this year.
“You should look forward to going to school,” Brent Mayo, a key executive of xAI in Memphis, told reporters earlier this month.
Students shouldn’t be sweating in school, he said.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter who writes about how public policy shapes Memphis. She is currently reporting from Frayser about education and housing. Please write her with your suggestions and story tips.
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