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Memphis, TN
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Thanks to my local chatbot for accurately reading X and noting that I've reported many things about Musk and SpaceX's presence in the MidSouth.
If anyone wants to read all the great work The DM has done on SpaceX, go to dailymemphian.com and check out the SpaceXAI tab.
New:
For years, activists and environmental advocates have argued that Elon Musk's companies building power plants—without air emissions permits—to power data centers violated federal law.
On Friday, a federal judge in MS agreed w/ them.
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New:
For years, activists and environmental advocates have argued that Elon Musk's companies building power plants—without air emissions permits—to power data centers violated federal law.
On Friday, a federal judge in MS agreed w/ them.
dailymemphian.com/section/bu…
Sam Hardiman retweeted
More evidence that Memphis is a Big Small Town. (Just a few hours left to celebrate!) (Seriously, quite honored - and flabbergasted - by this recognition...)
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20 years.
One place..The place where I made my home, raised my kids, and stayed longer than I’ve ever stayed anywhere in my life.
Twenty years at WMC.
Over 30 years in TV news & so much has changed along the way, in my work and in my life.Thank you, Memphis. Thank you, Mid-South
Data centers cannot be built in residential zoning!
Before the vote, some Lakeland residents voiced concerns about rezoning the area.
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✍️ Michael Waddell
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I think a lot about the value of Shelby County & Mississippi’s respective regulatory approvals of SpaceX (then xAI) constructing short term and long term power generation for the company’s Memphis & Mississippi data centers.
How many billions is that worth? Trillions?
Interesting sections on energy in Anthropic's S1 filing!
There's been speculation on how data centers are managing fuel price risk from gas offtake, whether off-grid data centers will happen at scale
- 'an increasing share of data centers being developed with dedicated onsite generation independent of the grid'
- ANT exposed to fuel price volatility as they bear cost on a pass-through basis, no cap on fuel costs
- Lack of firm gas supply can delay facilities
- For grid connected assets, ANT discusses 'investing in curtailment systems' to reduce strain during peak periods
- Cooling needs may increase over time for data centers due to changing climate
- Notes risk that utilities may reallocate capacity required by ANT data centers
Sam Hardiman retweeted
New in Hotline via @zachblackburn23: The DCCC is up with a coordinated ad buy with Chaz Molder in (D) in #TN05, the Trumpiest district the committee's up in yet
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We dug into how Shelby County taxpayers were going to pay for a new trauma center.
Here's what we found:
In August, I started reporting on Regional One's plans for a new hospital with a simple question: How much public 💰 had been spent, and how much had been promised to contractors, for a proposed $1B hospital?
Here's what I learned (a thread) 1/5
The reality? Pretty boring: Shelby Co. had a clear, easy process to ensure Regional One didn't run up tens of millions on the public's credit.
And Regional One has actively avoided committing taxpayers to something they can't afford 4/5
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4/5
Reginald Coopwood, Regional One's CEO, told me in an interview last week that the hospital is $800M+ short of what it needs to build a new hospital.
He also said the hospital system has a clear line it won't cross without more funding.
5/5
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Striking detail in the big NYT piece on Taiwanese families adjusting to working at the huge new TSMC chip plant in Arizona: their surprise at the lack of rigor in US schools.
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Memphis was 9-of-20 (45%) from the 3-point line in its exhibition win over Mississippi State.
5 different Tigers had at least 1 make.
Here's Penny Hardaway - from my 1-on-1 interview with him 2 weeks ago - talking about this team's perimeter shooting potential.
looks like someone enjoyed a bottle, the river and beautiful sculpture this weekend.
can’t blame ‘em
This is probably the right analysis. Hatley is taking votes from Blackburn, eroding her margin. That means she has to address her opponent, whose ceiling, based on past Dem results, is like 38-44% of the vote.
But if Hatley takes 10% and it comes from Blackburn...
