NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’

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The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon Musk’s xAI in South Memphis. As reported in NBC News, leaders from the civil rights group sent a letter Thursday to the Shelby County Health Department and Memphis Light Gas and Water criticizing the organizations’ “lackadaisical approach." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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