“The landlord and I talked about it, and it’s probably the best thing for the area to not have an establishment open after 10 p.m.,” owner Lee Adams said.

“It’s about opportunity, it’s about equity and it’s about making sure that every child ... has a chance to build a strong foundation with literacy,” said a Books from Birth graduate. 

Documents show artificial intelligence company xAI considered using dozens of natural-gas turbines to power the second data center. However, the Greater Memphis Chamber said the company is “is demobilizing turbines in Shelby County.”

Delta is now offering eight destinations from Memphis and is working on a ninth. 

Meharry Medical College said the three Memphis clinics will continue to operate normally and the change in ownership would not impact current patients’ access to care.

Breeze representatives also celebrated the airline’s first flight today between Memphis and Tampa. 

An amended site plan was filed for the East Memphis mall site as part of the investors’ efforts to rezone the 31-acre property.

The company plans to nearly double its annual transformer output in the U.S. to over 250 units in two years, according to The Korea Economic Daily. 

A vacant, 6,700-square-foot medical office building in Midtown will also go to auction in June. 

Dr. Michelle Taylor, the head of the Shelby County Health Department, said her organization was jolted by how abruptly the funding was rescinded. 

Two concert bookers from Growlers join Minglewood Hall, precipitating changes at both venues. 

Saint Francis Medical Partners announces an addition.

XAI has operated the turbines currently running without an air-emissions permit — using a temporary-use exemption that allows the machines to run for the first 364 days without a permit.

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Rose’s addition comes as two prominent Memphis names leave the board of directors.

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.

The data center is expected to create more than 250 direct and indirect jobs in the Memphis area, with an investment of more than $500 million.

To use the da Vinci 5 robotic system, the surgeon sits at a console about 10 feet away from the patient and performs the procedure by remotely operating the robotic arms. 

In less than a year, enter the Baron Von Opperbean and the River of Time immersive playground on Mud Island to be transformed into the main characters in an open-world video game in a real-world space.

Lines out the doors of driver services centers and clerk’s offices across Shelby County and beyond have stalled residents from getting a Real ID as the Wednesday, May 7, deadline gains. 

The DelTech Conference is slated for October 8-10 at the Downtown headquarters of Epicenter Memphis, a nonprofit known for its business-accelerator programs.

The nonstop flight will be between the Memphis International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, Delta said in a release, and the first flight is scheduled to launch Sept. 8.

For people who shop at Shein and Temu, online merchants of low-cost fashion and electronics that are based in China, prices have gone up.

AgLaunch, a nonprofit agricultural incubator, is seeking early-stage farming startups ready to bring their innovative concepts around crops, livestock and more to market. 

Belly Acres will open in Collierville on Saturday, May 3; Bluff City Coffee closed its Downtown location, and Highland Strip has added an Indian cuisine option. 

Plus, Midtown apartments sell for $3.1 million, and an urgent care clinic for pets is coming to the Bartlett area.