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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Is Elon Musk’s supercomputer polluting Memphis?

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk says xAI has one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. It’s located in Memphis, Tennessee and it’s called Colossus. But neighborhood residents say Colossus belches colossal pollution.

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WBUR Podcast, Boston.

1:10.6

This is On Point. I'm Megha Chakrabardi.

1:13.7

Elon Musk says he's built the world's largest AI supercomputer facility.

1:19.7

I think we have the most powerful training cluster in the world right now, which is over 200,000

1:24.5

GPUs training coherently.

1:26.5

The facility is called Colossus.

1:29.1

It started operating roughly a year ago

1:31.3

and powers Musk's company XAI and its chatbot, GROC.

1:36.6

And it's located in Memphis, Tennessee.

1:38.4

A breaking news update on a major announcement earlier today

1:42.9

as XAI announces it will make the Bluff City home

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