{"id":18601,"date":"2026-04-09T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/18601\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:05:08","slug":"xai-elon-musk-respond-to-report-of-pause-on-water-recycling-plant-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/18601\/","title":{"rendered":"xAI, Elon Musk respond to report of pause on water recycling plant | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 xAI is changing course for plans to build its own water-recycling facility for the Memphis supercomputer.<\/p>\n

The company said Thursday that it is “prioritizing … more immediate projects at the site. But the plans to build the water plant have not changed.”<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0xAI breaks ground on $80M xAI water recycling plant<\/a><\/p>\n

A company engineer told The Daily Memphian the project is “indefinitely paused” and that xAI told project stakeholders about the pause Wednesday. xAI has promised to use its own wastewater recycling plant to cool it’s Colossus Data Center.<\/p>\n

This means it would not have to rely on fresh water from the Memphis aquifer.<\/p>\n

xAI’s statement is below:<\/p>\n

“xAI is committed to building a state-of-the-art water recycling plant in Memphis. This plant will protect billions of gallons of water each year.<\/p>\n

The team is currently prioritizing other more immediate projects at the site but our plans to build the water plant have not changed.”<\/p>\n

xAI founder Elon Musk also chimed in on the project Thursday, saying that “we need to focus on finishing Colossus 2 and ensuring it is extremely stable, then will build the water recycling plant.”<\/p>\n

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