Elon Musk's makeshift AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi

[Uncle Joe]

The 27 temporary gas turbines roar like jet engines day and night to power data centers, residents say.

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Eddie Gossett awoke one morning last summer to what sounded like an airport runway suddenly opening on his rural Mississippi road.

The jet engine roar has been almost nonstop ever since, much to the frustration and insomnia of Gossett and his neighbors. It isn’t a plane — or anything supernatural — though. It’s Elon Musk.

Just down the road from Gossett’s house, 18 methane gas turbines had arrived on trailers on behalf of the richest person in the world. Without warning, the temporary turbines began running day and night, locals say, to power Musk’s AI ambitions.

“I intended to die right here,” said Gossett, 76, who wonders how long he will have to put up with the noise and the air pollution. “Hell, I couldn’t give my house away with all this noise.”

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/musks-ai-power-plant-generates-sound-fury-mississippi-rcna258594

[SheltieLover]

1. Same in south Memphis

And these are only 2 of the 4 in the region.