The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) wants Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer project in Memphis, Tennessee, shut down due to environmental concerns.
The organization issued a letter Thursday to Shelby County Health Department officials and the commissioners of Memphis Light Gas and Water, NBC News reported Friday.
The NAACP called out Musk personally, claiming the “world’s richest man” is trying to “jeopardize the health” of black communities:
“Being the world’s richest man doesn’t give you the right to pollute Black communities and jeopardize the health of its residents,” NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement to NBC News. “We urge the health department to step in immediately.”
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In a previous statement to NBC News, xAI said its
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