Stephen Hackett

6 days ago | 512pixels.net | Stephen Hackett

John Siracusa, writing at Hypercritical: As far as I’m concerned, the only truly mortal sin for Apple’s leadership is losing sight of the proper relationship between product virtue and financial success—and not just momentarily, but constitutionally, intransigently, for years. Sadly, I believe this has happened. The preponderance of the evidence is undeniable.

1 week ago | 512pixels.net | Stephen Hackett

As I wrote about earlier this week, xAI has broken ground on a second data center on Tulane Road here in Memphis that will require an unbelievable amount of electricity. Today, the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce sent an email saying: xAI is demobilizing turbines in Shelby County and has no plans to site any turbines at its Tulane location. The company continues to evaluate various power solutions for its Memphis facilities while working within all applicable regulatory frameworks.

1 week ago | 512pixels.net | Stephen Hackett

Dyana Bagby, writing in 2024 for Georgia Public Broadcasting, the PBS/NPR affiliate in Atlanta: The Atlanta City Council voted Tuesday, Sept. 3, to ban data centers along and near the Atlanta BeltLine and within a half-mile of MARTA stations. The new legislation aims to preserve new residential and mixed-use developments, trails and green space along the 22-mile BeltLine trail loop encircling the city’s urban core.

1 week ago | 512pixels.net | Stephen Hackett

This week on the podcast, I answer questions about my new two-phone lifestyle, Myke wonders what Eddy Cue knows that he doesn’t, and then we discuss the Motorola ROCKR and last week’s injunction against Apple over its App Store policies.

1 week ago | 512pixels.net | Stephen Hackett

After linking to that New Yorker article about xAI using gas turbines to help power its first supercomputer here in Memphis, I opened my RSS client to see this article by The Daily Memphian’s Samuel Hardiman who writes: Memphis Light, Gas and Water said Monday, May 5, that artificial intelligence company xAI’s second Memphis datacenter could require enough electricity to equal 40% of Shelby County’s demand.