Part 2 of The Memphis File. Boxtown was founded by formerly enslaved people in 1863. By 1975 the city of Memphis was getting sued in federal court for not providing the neighborhood with basic services. By the time xAI showed up, Boxtown was surrounded by a natural gas plant, an oil refinery, a steel mill, and a medical sterilization plant releasing a known carcinogen. Cancer risk was already four times the national average – before xAI. Here are the five real harms every city should worry about when a data center comes to town, and the loophole xAI used to skip every public review.
Read More#2: Memphis Failed Boxtown Long Before Elon Musk Came To Town
