Neighbors Question Colossus Supercomputer (Repeated)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

PROGRAM #10957 11:00 AM PT 

Neighbors Question Colossus Supercomputer (Repeated). 

Elon Musk promotes the Colossus supercomputer in Memphis as the world’s most powerful and the largest investment of its kind in the city’s history. Yet neighbors and environmental advocates warn that its gas turbines release tons of toxic pollutants, threaten public health, and strain the local aquifer. What are the risks and benefits? How extensive is the contamination? Who stands to gain—and which communities bear the costs? What was the permitting process like? This program, part of the “Cuando Se Seca el Arroyo” series, originally aired on October 20 and is rebroadcast in the context of COP30.

Guests: María Oceja, Co-Founder and Organizer, Vecindarios 901, Memphis, TN; Isa Flores and Andrés Flores, Environmental Leaders, Vecinos Unidos, Memphis, TN; Angie Martínez, Resident, Wheel Estates Mobile Home Park, Whitehaven, TN.

Photo: Gerardo Guzmán./Radio Bilingüe

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