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Elon Musk brought ‘the world’s biggest supercomputer’ to Memphis. Residents say they’re choking on its pollution (www.cnn.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

city officials all over the deep red south were probably fighting over having this in their territory, without knowing the first damn thing about a product that requires air handlers as big as houses that take up more space than some neighborhoods

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Big cities are pretty liberal everywhere. Memphis is one of the most liberal voting parts of the stage.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago

i agree. but the voters don't necessarily always call the shots. as we've seen. time and again.

[–] Merva@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yet legislators seem to allow him freedom to do as he please.