KeShaun Pearson
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social
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xAI is running these methane-powered turbines to feed its power-hungry data center—illegally, without permits.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social sat down with us during Climate Week NYC to discuss how data centers like xAI’s Colossus are choking Memphis’ air without regard for the law or its residents.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social sat down with us during Climate Week NYC to discuss how data centers like xAI’s Colossus are choking Memphis’ air without regard for the law or its residents.
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
xAI is running these methane-powered turbines to feed its power-hungry data center—illegally, without permits.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social sat down with us during Climate Week NYC to discuss how data centers like xAI’s Colossus are choking Memphis’ air without regard for the law or its residents.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social sat down with us during Climate Week NYC to discuss how data centers like xAI’s Colossus are choking Memphis’ air without regard for the law or its residents.
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MEMPHIS VS. MUSK — @keshaunpearson.bsky.social : “xAI was able to pollute our community over 12 months illegally with up to 33 methane gas turbines. That’s unheard of, illegal, uncivilized, and truthfully it’s disgusting.” wreg.com/news/local/p...
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
MEMPHIS VS. MUSK — @keshaunpearson.bsky.social : “xAI was able to pollute our community over 12 months illegally with up to 33 methane gas turbines. That’s unheard of, illegal, uncivilized, and truthfully it’s disgusting.” wreg.com/news/local/p...
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@keshaunpearson.bsky.social of Memphis Community Against Pollution on the mythology of technology ‘saving’ society: “We are literally failing an open book test”
Last week we co-hosted a live show with Computer Says Maybe at Climate Week NYC on AI and data center expansion. If you missed it, catch the recording!
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe LIVE from Climate Week
YouTube video by The Maybe
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October 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social of Memphis Community Against Pollution on the mythology of technology ‘saving’ society: “We are literally failing an open book test”
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1 upside of AI’s power thirst: opposing voices like @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. The way he critiques Musk’s xAI investment in Memphis - which already has 4x higher cancer rates than elsewhere - causing 79% upticks in nitrous oxide pollution is truly inspiring podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/c...
NYC Live: Let Them Eat Compute
Épisode de l’émission · Computer Says Maybe · 02/10/2025 · 53 min
podcasts.apple.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
1 upside of AI’s power thirst: opposing voices like @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. The way he critiques Musk’s xAI investment in Memphis - which already has 4x higher cancer rates than elsewhere - causing 79% upticks in nitrous oxide pollution is truly inspiring podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/c...
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Secrecy is a huge factor in the tactics of tech companies carpet-bombing communities with oversized and destructive data centres.
Go listen to this pod feat @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @ambakak.bsky.social and others to get a very, very compelling overview -->
csm.transistor.fm/episodes/nyc...
Go listen to this pod feat @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @ambakak.bsky.social and others to get a very, very compelling overview -->
csm.transistor.fm/episodes/nyc...
October 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Secrecy is a huge factor in the tactics of tech companies carpet-bombing communities with oversized and destructive data centres.
Go listen to this pod feat @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @ambakak.bsky.social and others to get a very, very compelling overview -->
csm.transistor.fm/episodes/nyc...
Go listen to this pod feat @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @ambakak.bsky.social and others to get a very, very compelling overview -->
csm.transistor.fm/episodes/nyc...
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"That pollution that is hurting our community… is to power a racist bot on behalf of the richest man in the world" - yes, that’s literally what’s happening. Again, #fullsupport to those rising up against xAI in Memphis, including @keshaunpearson.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"That pollution that is hurting our community… is to power a racist bot on behalf of the richest man in the world" - yes, that’s literally what’s happening. Again, #fullsupport to those rising up against xAI in Memphis, including @keshaunpearson.bsky.social
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Follows: @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social @indivisibletn.bsky.social @indivisibletnbipoc.bsky.social @50501nashtn.bsky.social @indivisibletn7.bsky.social
See also: @keshaunpearson.bsky.social of MCAP for #Memphis activism vs #Musk #xAI.
See also: @keshaunpearson.bsky.social of MCAP for #Memphis activism vs #Musk #xAI.
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Follows: @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social @indivisibletn.bsky.social @indivisibletnbipoc.bsky.social @50501nashtn.bsky.social @indivisibletn7.bsky.social
See also: @keshaunpearson.bsky.social of MCAP for #Memphis activism vs #Musk #xAI.
See also: @keshaunpearson.bsky.social of MCAP for #Memphis activism vs #Musk #xAI.
Take a quick break from the loop of chaos and listen to a conversation that I know will leave you inspired about our future! ☀️
Thank you @themaybe.org & @alixdunn.com ✊🏾
Thank you @themaybe.org & @alixdunn.com ✊🏾
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We’re speaking with KeShaun and other frontline organizers about their fight for their future on Wednesday, September 24th, from 5-6pm ET. Register now at - luma.com/l7m3nzzn
We’re speaking with KeShaun and other frontline organizers about their fight for their future on Wednesday, September 24th, from 5-6pm ET. Register now at - luma.com/l7m3nzzn
Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe Climate Week Livestream · Luma
Hearing a lot about AI and data center expansion? That it's happening quickly, behind closed doors, putting huge demands on strained energy grids, leading to…
luma.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Take a quick break from the loop of chaos and listen to a conversation that I know will leave you inspired about our future! ☀️
Thank you @themaybe.org & @alixdunn.com ✊🏾
Thank you @themaybe.org & @alixdunn.com ✊🏾
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3/3
We’re speaking with KeShaun and other frontline organizers about their fight for their future on Wednesday, September 24th, from 5-6pm ET. Register now at - luma.com/l7m3nzzn
We’re speaking with KeShaun and other frontline organizers about their fight for their future on Wednesday, September 24th, from 5-6pm ET. Register now at - luma.com/l7m3nzzn
Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe Climate Week Livestream · Luma
Hearing a lot about AI and data center expansion? That it's happening quickly, behind closed doors, putting huge demands on strained energy grids, leading to…
luma.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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We’re speaking with KeShaun and other frontline organizers about their fight for their future on Wednesday, September 24th, from 5-6pm ET. Register now at - luma.com/l7m3nzzn
We’re speaking with KeShaun and other frontline organizers about their fight for their future on Wednesday, September 24th, from 5-6pm ET. Register now at - luma.com/l7m3nzzn
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Meet @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. He’s leading the Memphis Community Against Pollution to eliminate air pollution in South Memphis, and rallying residents to push back against another chapter of corporate extraction in their community.
Meet @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. He’s leading the Memphis Community Against Pollution to eliminate air pollution in South Memphis, and rallying residents to push back against another chapter of corporate extraction in their community.
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Meet @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. He’s leading the Memphis Community Against Pollution to eliminate air pollution in South Memphis, and rallying residents to push back against another chapter of corporate extraction in their community.
Meet @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. He’s leading the Memphis Community Against Pollution to eliminate air pollution in South Memphis, and rallying residents to push back against another chapter of corporate extraction in their community.
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Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer is polluting the air of historically Black neighborhoods in Memphis. Environmental racism meets the AI craze in this new chapter of corporate extraction in Tennessee, and Memphis residents are fighting back.
Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer is polluting the air of historically Black neighborhoods in Memphis. Environmental racism meets the AI craze in this new chapter of corporate extraction in Tennessee, and Memphis residents are fighting back.
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer is polluting the air of historically Black neighborhoods in Memphis. Environmental racism meets the AI craze in this new chapter of corporate extraction in Tennessee, and Memphis residents are fighting back.
Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer is polluting the air of historically Black neighborhoods in Memphis. Environmental racism meets the AI craze in this new chapter of corporate extraction in Tennessee, and Memphis residents are fighting back.
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Mind-blowing post detailing how xAI is not only building a massive new fossil fuelled power station for the second data centre to power X's Grok, it is doing it across state lines to avoid regulation
Remind me again how it's all fine bc a single query is small...
semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/x...
Remind me again how it's all fine bc a single query is small...
semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/x...
September 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mind-blowing post detailing how xAI is not only building a massive new fossil fuelled power station for the second data centre to power X's Grok, it is doing it across state lines to avoid regulation
Remind me again how it's all fine bc a single query is small...
semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/x...
Remind me again how it's all fine bc a single query is small...
semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/x...
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
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As always - go follow the work of people like @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @selc.bsky.social who have been fighting at the ground level against these wildly polluting and bloated projects
bsky.app/profile/keta...
bsky.app/profile/keta...
Utterly stunning @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social optical gas imaging video from the site of Musk's massive new fossil power station fuelling the Grok text generation engine on X
@nickcunningham.bsky.social's full write-up here - must-read gasoutlook.com/analysis/xai...
All this for a crappy chatbot.
@nickcunningham.bsky.social's full write-up here - must-read gasoutlook.com/analysis/xai...
All this for a crappy chatbot.
September 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As always - go follow the work of people like @keshaunpearson.bsky.social @selc.bsky.social who have been fighting at the ground level against these wildly polluting and bloated projects
bsky.app/profile/keta...
bsky.app/profile/keta...
Family! Take a moment and tune in tomorrow 4:30 PM CT for the LIVE launch @mediajustice.bsky.social’s NEW report, The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South!
Co-hosted by myself, and Senior Political Education Director, Teresa Basilio
Link: bit.ly/DataCentersSouth #ClimateWeekNYC
Co-hosted by myself, and Senior Political Education Director, Teresa Basilio
Link: bit.ly/DataCentersSouth #ClimateWeekNYC
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Family! Take a moment and tune in tomorrow 4:30 PM CT for the LIVE launch @mediajustice.bsky.social’s NEW report, The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South!
Co-hosted by myself, and Senior Political Education Director, Teresa Basilio
Link: bit.ly/DataCentersSouth #ClimateWeekNYC
Co-hosted by myself, and Senior Political Education Director, Teresa Basilio
Link: bit.ly/DataCentersSouth #ClimateWeekNYC
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2/3
@alixdunn.com will talk with @keshaunpearson.bsky.social from Memphis Community Against Pollution, Marisol from @nodesertdatacenter.com, KD Minor from Alliance for Affordable Energy, and @ambakak.bsky.social about how they’re reclaiming control of their futures from big tech companies.
@alixdunn.com will talk with @keshaunpearson.bsky.social from Memphis Community Against Pollution, Marisol from @nodesertdatacenter.com, KD Minor from Alliance for Affordable Energy, and @ambakak.bsky.social about how they’re reclaiming control of their futures from big tech companies.
September 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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@alixdunn.com will talk with @keshaunpearson.bsky.social from Memphis Community Against Pollution, Marisol from @nodesertdatacenter.com, KD Minor from Alliance for Affordable Energy, and @ambakak.bsky.social about how they’re reclaiming control of their futures from big tech companies.
@alixdunn.com will talk with @keshaunpearson.bsky.social from Memphis Community Against Pollution, Marisol from @nodesertdatacenter.com, KD Minor from Alliance for Affordable Energy, and @ambakak.bsky.social about how they’re reclaiming control of their futures from big tech companies.
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This week's #BlockAndBuild with @mediajustice.bsky.social's @myaishahayes.bsky.social, @nodesertdatacenter.com's Vivek Bharathan, and Memphis Community Against Pollution's @keshaunpearson.bsky.social was a complete banger. convergencemag.com/podcast/orga...
Organizers vs. Big Data w/ Myaisha Hayes, Vivek Bharathan, Keshaun Pearson
Building community power against big tech, feat. Myaisha Hayes (MediaJustice), Vivek Bharathan (No Desert Data Center Coalition), Keshaun Pearson (Memphis Community Against Pollution).
convergencemag.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This week's #BlockAndBuild with @mediajustice.bsky.social's @myaishahayes.bsky.social, @nodesertdatacenter.com's Vivek Bharathan, and Memphis Community Against Pollution's @keshaunpearson.bsky.social was a complete banger. convergencemag.com/podcast/orga...
Tomorrow alongside Dream.Org I will debunk the myths and tell the whole truth about data centers and their impact on our environment and our people. #GreenTheGrid
Sign up: lnkd.in/exmdjYeu
Sign up: lnkd.in/exmdjYeu
September 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tomorrow alongside Dream.Org I will debunk the myths and tell the whole truth about data centers and their impact on our environment and our people. #GreenTheGrid
Sign up: lnkd.in/exmdjYeu
Sign up: lnkd.in/exmdjYeu
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Our dear friend + partner @keshaunpearson.bsky.social from Memphis Community Against Pollution doing great things as his community fights back against Elon Musk's xAI facility!
Join us for our next meeting, Tuesday, August 26th, at 6pm as we welcome @keshaunpearson.bsky.social , President of “Memphis Community Against Pollution,” as he talks about Xai and it’s affects on pollution here in Memphis. We hope to see y’all there!
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Our dear friend + partner @keshaunpearson.bsky.social from Memphis Community Against Pollution doing great things as his community fights back against Elon Musk's xAI facility!
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Join us for our next meeting, Tuesday, August 26th, at 6pm as we welcome @keshaunpearson.bsky.social , President of “Memphis Community Against Pollution,” as he talks about Xai and it’s affects on pollution here in Memphis. We hope to see y’all there!
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join us for our next meeting, Tuesday, August 26th, at 6pm as we welcome @keshaunpearson.bsky.social , President of “Memphis Community Against Pollution,” as he talks about Xai and it’s affects on pollution here in Memphis. We hope to see y’all there!
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We spoke to @keshaunpearson.bsky.social about the impact of Elon Musk's Colossus data center and the abject failure of Memphis politicians to represent their constituents when they gave him a blank check.
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Memphis Black Communities Protest Elon Musk's Data Center
Keshaun Pearson is a co-founder of Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP). He joins us from Memphis to discuss Elon Musk’s A.I. data center, Colossus. There is great community opposition to the da
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August 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We spoke to @keshaunpearson.bsky.social about the impact of Elon Musk's Colossus data center and the abject failure of Memphis politicians to represent their constituents when they gave him a blank check.
soundcloud.com/user-9293973...
soundcloud.com/user-9293973...
As the ancestor Maya Angelou put it “Blieve them the first time”
MEMPHIS VS. MUSK: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social calls out the @memphischamber for lying about XAI not using gas turbines, when we now know they’re using 60 - poisoning the community against their will, with no input.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social calls out the @memphischamber for lying about XAI not using gas turbines, when we now know they’re using 60 - poisoning the community against their will, with no input.
August 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
As the ancestor Maya Angelou put it “Blieve them the first time”
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MEMPHIS VS. MUSK: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social calls out the @memphischamber for lying about XAI not using gas turbines, when we now know they’re using 60 - poisoning the community against their will, with no input.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social calls out the @memphischamber for lying about XAI not using gas turbines, when we now know they’re using 60 - poisoning the community against their will, with no input.
August 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
MEMPHIS VS. MUSK: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social calls out the @memphischamber for lying about XAI not using gas turbines, when we now know they’re using 60 - poisoning the community against their will, with no input.
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social calls out the @memphischamber for lying about XAI not using gas turbines, when we now know they’re using 60 - poisoning the community against their will, with no input.
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This week, we're revisiting artificial intelligence and its climate impact. Is it possible to develop AI sustainably? Tune in to our conversation with Google's Kate Brandt, Irina Raicu of @iethics.bsky.social and @keshaunpearson.bsky.social to find out. www.climateone.org/audio/ais-po...
AI’s Power Demands: Do We Really Have the Energy for This?
Artificial intelligence applications have exploded in the last couple of years, and their power demands are equally explosive. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that data center energy demands w...
www.climateone.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This week, we're revisiting artificial intelligence and its climate impact. Is it possible to develop AI sustainably? Tune in to our conversation with Google's Kate Brandt, Irina Raicu of @iethics.bsky.social and @keshaunpearson.bsky.social to find out. www.climateone.org/audio/ais-po...
Hey Bluesky Family, I got locked out but I am BACK!
I have so much to fill you in on about xAI so stay tuned
I have so much to fill you in on about xAI so stay tuned
August 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hey Bluesky Family, I got locked out but I am BACK!
I have so much to fill you in on about xAI so stay tuned
I have so much to fill you in on about xAI so stay tuned