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The expansion continued in March 2025 when xAI purchased a 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m2) site in the Whitehaven area of Memphis. xAI employee Brent Mayo said that the addition of this property "...ensures [xAI] remain at the forefront of AI innovation...in Memphis." The property was purchased for almost $80 million by CTC Property LLC, an affiliate of xAI. The Memphis City Council also approved xAI's wastewater recycling plant expansion. Plans for the expansion were initially revealed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation when preliminary plans for the facility were filed on September 18, 2024, for the project "...between xAI, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Nucor Steel..." At the time, xAI representatives detailed its estimated cost to be $78 million, which was to be privately funded. In March 2025, approval was officially granted for this expansion, including "...the sale of 13 acres for a wastewater recycling plant near the supercomputer in southwest Memphis." The final cost of the project was revealed to be $80 million for construction.
== See also ==
List of the top supercomputers in the United States
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website
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