Fighting Musk’s power guzzler


The xAI supercomputer site in Memphis. — ©️2024 The New York Times Company

ELON Musk, the world’s richest man, is building what he says will be the world’s largest supercomputer. Its electricity needs will rival those of 100,000 homes.

The supercomputer’s neighbours in southwest Memphis, Tennessee, have a problem with that.

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