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Data Center Disaster? | Check-In 32
In this ChatEDU Check-In: Data Center Disaster? Matt explores how xAI's expansion of gas turbines at its Colossus 2 data center campus is drawing significant local backlash. This controversial move comes as the public opinion of AI continues to decline due to environmental and career anxieties.
Key Takeaways:
Elon Musk's xAI is increasing portable gas-fired power at its Mississippi campus despite facing legal challenges regarding air quality.
Internal communications reveal a massive rapid deployment of 19 new natural gas turbines over a recent 60-day period.
Civil rights and environmental…
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