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xAI receives more Tesla Megapacks for Colossus 2

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xAI is bolstering its Colossus 2 data center in Memphis with 168 Tesla Megapacks, enhancing the energy infrastructure for its ambitious AI supercomputer expansion. The 168 Tesla Megapacks recently delivered to xAI’s Memphis site will provide battery storage backup to Colossus 2. GWh of storage deployed, supports xAIs needs.

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xAI supercomputer faces lawsuit over air pollution concerns

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According to AP , critics argue the turbines emit smog, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and formaldehyde, worsening health risks in an area with cancer rates four times the national average. xAI brought Tesla Megapack batteries and a 150-megawatt substation online earlier this year.

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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a small town between Memphis and Jackson), called Blue Oval City, will create approximately 6,000 new jobs and reimagine how vehicles and batteries are manufactured. Ford’s new Tennessee assembly plant is designed to be carbon-neutral with zero waste to landfill once fully operational. An all-new $5.6-billion Ford Blue Oval City.

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Winners of 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge

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Coates of Cornell University in the Academic Category for developing a new family of catalysts that can effectively and economically turn carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into valuable polymers. of Memphis, Tenn., Professor Geoffrey W. Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., of Bolingbrook, Ill., Buckman International Inc.,

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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The meeting was held in June at Vanderbilt University and was sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research (VECTOR), Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment (VIEE) and the University of Memphis’ Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute. Regardless of the success of mitigation efforts, we will need to adapt.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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In April, Axion Power International Inc received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC lead-carbon batteries for use in an all-battery-powered switcher locomotive. PbC batteries are multi-celled asymmetrically supercapacitive lead-acid-carbon hybrid batteries. The battery-electric NS-999, “under the long hood”. Source: NS.

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Elon Musk’s $5.7B donation in 2021 was given to The Musk Foundation: report

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Jude Children’s Research Hospital, based in Memphis, received $55 million from Musk’s foundation. . Last year, Musk also donated $54 million to the XPrize foundation for his carbon removal competition. The charity sent nearly $160 million to nonprofits last year.