Intro WE'RE STOOD BEFORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TODAY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SURROUNDING ELON MUSK'S NEW X AI SUPERCOMPUTER FACILITY IN SOUTH MEMPHIS WRE GIESKE WILLBORN SPOKE TO Community meeting ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AFTER THE MEETING WHO SAY THEY STILL HAVE QUESTIONS >> THIS ROOM WAS PACKED AT THE SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS WHITE HAVEN CAMPUS FOR A COMMUNITY QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH MLGW REGARDING ELON MUSK'S NEW X AI SUPERCOMPUTER IN SOUTH MEMPHIS MLGW PRESIDENT AND CEO MCALLEN Concerns SPENT 2 HOURS ADDRESSING CUSTOMERS CONCERNS >> WE HAD TOO MANY TIMES BLACKOUTS AND YOU KNOW BOIL YOUR WATER KIND OF THINGS LAST YEAR >> THE GALLON SAYS THE FACILITY COULD USE UP TO 150 MEGAWATTS OF POWER AT PEAK TIMES HE SAYS AS A PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY BY LAW HE CANNOT PICK AND CHOOSE WHO THEY GIVE POWER TO MCGOWAN Utilities SAYS THEIR ANALYSIS IS BASED ON WHETHER THEY CAN REASONABLY PROVIDE UTILITIES TO A FACILITY IN THIS CASE WE ALREADY HAD A MANUFACTURING PLANT THAT HAD ACCESS TO WATER AND GAS THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION THAT ACCESS TO A SUBSTATION THAT PROVIDED IT MAKE A OF POWER AND COULD EASILY PROVIDE 50 MEGAWATTS OF POWER WALL ENERGY USAGE IS A MAJOR CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SAY THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER PARTIES Environmental impact INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS STILL A LOT OF DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT WE'VE SEEN NO PERMITS POLL WE'VE DESIGNED THIS FACILITY WE DON'T KNOW IF What ifs TVA IS EVEN COMMITTED TO USING IT SO THERE'S STILL A WHOLE LOT OF WHAT IFS GOING ON ESSENTIALLY IS REALLY UNFAIR THAT MLGW WERE FILLED IN ALL THESE QUESTIONS BUT IT'S A I WAS NOT PRESENT TODAY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS NOT PRESENT TODAY THE CHAMBER WAS NOT PRESENT TODAY AND WE NEED EVERYBODY THAT HAS A STAKE IN THIS NOT JUST COMMUNITY NOT JUST MLGW TO BE HERE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS THE GALLON SAYS HE'S FOCUSED ON ENSURING THE PROJECT DOES NOT IMPACT THE RELIABILITY Closing >> AND AVAILABILITY OF ENERGY AND WATER USAGE FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING REPORTING FOR YOUR NEWS LEADER FROM WHITE HAVEN WILL BORN WRE G NEWS CHANNEL 3 IT'S A STORY WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THE FEW WANT TO SEE THE MEETING FOR YOURSELF Y