Political Roundup: Sen. Blackburn toured xAI — without Elon Musk
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Nov. 21, 2024. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP file)
Among those getting a tour of the xAI facility in southwest Memphis last month was U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.
The data center’s staff has been conducting the tours for some time. And xAI founder Elon Musk did not appear to be present for Blackburn’s visit as he has been for other visitors.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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