The amount of toxins ghis horrid thing is putting out is poisoning the air in south Memphis!

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He will pay a fine and do it again? What are they going to prosecute him?? 🤣

He's going to use his billions to go to another one.

he won't be held accountable and even if he is, he can afford it. If you are a filthy rich billionaire, you truly get away with anything.

to make that decision to leave.

I may not be around to see it, but I don't believe that even in Musk's lifetime, there will be anywhere to go off this planet that a human being could survive pleasantly.

Setting aside the moral aspects of destroying Earth's ecosystems - apparently that battle was lost long ago with too many people, not just Musk - it seems really, really foolhardy to me for anyone to assume that they will just be able to "leave and go somewhere else" when it gets too uncomfortable here.

I am sorry to say this about any person, but I probably hope to outlive Musk even more than I hope to outlive TSF. I probably WILL outlive TSF, but I think Musk has even more damage potential.

It is not worth killing everything thing on the planet.

This just plain old-fashioned republicon greed and grift.

Asking for a friend.

Not sure why they just didn't call them natural gas generators in the article.

Last year it turned out that Elon Musk’s xAI had to install additional ‘portable’ generators near its facility adjacent to Memphis, Tennessee, to power the Colossus supercomputer with over 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs as local power grid could not support the load. The Southern Environmental Law Center contends the generators are "illegal," yet they can keep running, reports The Guardian.

xAI’s Colossus supercomputer consumes about 150 MW of power when equipped with 100,000 H100 GPUs. More when it is upgraded to 200,000 processors. However, last July the site near Memphis, Tennessee, could only provide 8 MW of power to the facility, so Musk’s company had to install gas fueled turbines to power the colossal supercomputer.

However, the company had only sought permits for 15 units, but aerial images now show double that number in operation. Apparently, 20 gas generators are now running without the required approvals, raising alarm from environmental groups and nearby residents, according to The Guardian who refer to KeShaun Pearson, director of the advocacy group Memphis Community Against Pollution.
Pearson stated to the Shelby count board of commissioners (Memphis, Tennessee) that xAI is using 35 methane gas burning turbines while only having a permit for 15.