Musk says data center unpopularity is temporary: Memphis is booming with 2x wages
inductionheads · x · 2026-11-07
At the 33rd Annual Baron Investment Conference in NYC, Elon Musk argued local resistance to data centers is temporary because they bring prosperity.
He cited Memphis: restaurants and hotels full, workers paid twice the prevailing wage, local schools supported, and tremendous tax revenue for the county and city. "Talk to the people in town and they feel it because their businesses are booming."
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