NAACP requires immediate closure of the controversial supercomputer of Elon Musk in Memphis

The NAACP is the newest entity that speaks about the ‘Colossus’ by Elon Musk, who is said to be the world’s largest supercomputer, which is active in the center of Memphis. The computer is used to train the artificial intelligence feature grok and works with dozens of guest turbines.

The NAACP calls the environmental damage of the supercomputer for a lack of regulations. According to reports, Collosus is located in the middle of Boxtown, a predominantly black, South Memphis community. The location increases the risk of residents to serious health problems Related to the operation of the machine. The NAACP therefore claims that the project, powered by methane gas turbines, broadcasts harmful pollutants without the correct permits. The NAACP calls for an emergency situation, the supercomputer.

On May 29, the organization sent a letter that expressed its worries and the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) and Memphis Light Gas and Waters (MLGW.) According to the statement, the project wants to circumvent the regulations imposed by the Clean Air Act. Instead of operating a large -scale turbine, Colossus uses “35 [smaller] guest turbines. ”

When Xai decided that it wanted to circumvent the law and the air standards that lasted decades to make at federal and local level, Schone, MLGW and SCDH did nothing. Xai did indeed bring in at least 18 initial guest turbines, so that it looks like there were smaller sources in contrast to one big source. However, that does not change the law, and this type of behavior is a clear violation. SCDH and MLGW must also carefully take into account the message it sends when Xai can avoid rules that are intended to protect the community. Indeed, 35 guest turbines can emit between 1,200 and 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxide per year. The new source review of the Clean Air Act records these types of activities. Nevertheless, MLGW and SCHD decide to look away from the illegal activity of Xai and to jeopardize the health of the resident.

NAACP representatives are not the first Talk about the health risk To residents of Memphis. Black undertaking Reported about the anger of Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson.

“It’s a real gas factory in the middle of a neighborhood and you don’t need any allowing?” Pearson said. “Something drastically and considerably failed with our system of controls and balances.”

He continued: “If you look at where these data centers turn on, it is always in poor communities.”

Easter Knox, who has been living in the Memphis area for 77 years, says she is struggling with chronic obstructive lung disease. Knox believes the financial position of Musk enables him to circumvent concern about the public interest And safety.

“They have money. And they can do what they want to do, you know, without consulting us,” she told NBC News.

In response to the controversy Xai states that it is in accordance with all applicable laws. The company has not granted surgery. Nevertheless, the permits applied for 15 permanent turbines, which states that they will be equipped with pollution controls and used as a back -up force.

Local authorities, including the health department of the city, the mayor and the Chamber of Commerce, initially indicated that permits were not necessary for the first year of using the turbines.

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