Originally Published in Madras Courier
Editorial Note
A small groups of people who own data centres are profiting from colonising the planet and consuming vast amounts of natural resources, while passing on gigantic losses to investors and communities
On a humid June night in 2026, the residents of Southaven, Mississippi, counted the seconds between vibrations. More than fifty unpermitted methane gas turbines whirred beside their predominantly Black, low-income neighbourhood, powering Elon Musk’s “Colossus 2,” the xAI supercomputer complex running Grok across the state line in Memphis.