Memphis Colossus runs on gas, and it's poisoning the city
Interview With Greg Osuri, Founder Of Akash Network (Secret Network)
“The Colossus xAI data center in Memphis has about 150 megawatt capacity, has about 200,000 H100 chips… it’s drawing about 7 megawatts from the grid… They’re burning gas… The problem is so bad in Memphis they have a huge pollution problem — it’s causing elevated issues of asthma, respiratory diseases… there’s a lawsuit that’s looming.” — 00:10:51
Context: Evidence that concentrated AI training already exceeds grid capacity; he calls this “the current state of AI training.”