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Check the map. There's an operational industrial scale natural gas power plant next door to xAI facility. And it was there for what, a decade already? Before it
by ACCount37 10mo ago
Check the map. There's an operational industrial scale natural gas power plant next door to xAI facility. And it was there for what, a decade already? Before it, there was a coal power plant there too.
Basically, it looks like the whole "xAI poisoning black neighborhoods" thing is the usual FUD by the usual agenda pushers.
- foobarqux 10mo agoThat plant is subject to regulation and the xAI turbines evade regulations by claiming they are "portable".
- badc0ffee 10mo agoI just looked, and you're right. It's in an industrial area several km from homes, and near existing NG facilities, including one where they flare gas. https://www.facebook.com/abacustrategic/posts/pfbid02rrUwoWMdq5HSrvEM1uuhJS3GavG89PTQ9akv2iFYHtCJETQjuQnno5mtVroTTAw5l https://www.facebook.com/abacustrategic/posts/pfbid02rrUwoWM... https://maps.app.goo.gl/fYwcSi8vfPBnsYeK7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/fYwcSi8vfPBnsYeK7 I don't doubt that it is a source of pollution, but I agree that this is overblown in the same was as the claims that datacentres are using up all the fresh water.
- immibis 10mo agoIt's not overblown. That plant has sufficient pollution filters installed. You can find more info elsewhere in this comment section.
- badc0ffee 10mo agoBut it's still not localized to the one neighbourhood in the Time article any more than any other in Memphis (or even West Memphis across the river).