Could Memphis Have Capped Musk’s Colossus 2?
Musk wants 660,000 more chips in Colossus 2 by the end of the year. A power cap is a chip cap - and Memphis could have passed one last year. Nashville did it in eight weeks.
Does a Moratorium Hand xAI a Monopoly?
The xAI files Every essay in this series is pinned to a question on the board at rachelandthecity.com/the-xai-files. So - the Memphis City Council finally started writing actual data center rules on Thursday. That’s what I’ve been asking for - and it happened two days after they put off the vote on the moratorium for…
Nashville Body Slams Memphis When It Comes to Data Center Rules
Nashville wrote its data center rules in eight weeks - and Horton filed them before the zoo fight. Memphis has had xAI since 2024 and just held the vote on a pause again.