Why a Memphis Community Is Fighting Elon Musk’s Supercomputer NYT | Top Stories By: Ivan Penn and Kate Conger 1 November 2024 at 00:41 Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid. © Whitten Sabbatini for The New York TimesThe scale of potential power consumption from an xAI supercomputer center meant the plan required approval from the Tennessee Valley Authority, which operates the electric grid for much of the region.