xAI is constructing what it claims will be the world’s largest ceramic membrane bioreactor in Memphis, Tennessee. This $80 million facility will process 49.2 million liters (13 million gallons) of wastewater daily, primarily to cool Elon Musk’s Colossus supercomputer. The AI startup is collaborating with Cerafiltec, a German ceramic membrane specialist, on this ambitious project. The facility will be built on a 13-acre site that xAI is purchasing from the Memphis city council for $820,000. Set to begin operations later this year, the plant will generate excess treated water beyond…
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Innovative Solutions for a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant
The problem Recently, a local water activist brought to public attention a disturbing phenomenon occurring in the Yamuna River in Delhi, India: vast quantities of white foam were polluting the sacred waterway. The source of this foam was traced not to a single plant, but to multiple municipal wastewater treatment plant along the river. While these plants were treating the water, the discharge process itself was contributing to the problem. Treated water, flowing through channels at high rates, intersected with the city drains at points where there were steep falls.…
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