MLGW says it can’t reject serving xAI with electricity
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen gives a presentation to Memphis City Council members January 23, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The utility company also said the supercomputer’s heavy electric load will have “no impact” on its reliability.
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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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