Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200

Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by robwwilliams on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:21PM (#48217030)

The newer location is about 3 miles southwest of the Memphis Airport (MEM), one of the world’s largest cargo airports and the center of FedEx operations (500 take-off and landings per day most concentrated in a 6 h FedEx window with lots of engines running on ramps and that produces about 2000 tons of NOx per year).

I live about 18 miles downwind of the new Colossus sites, the airport, and lots of truck logistics sites, and a large refinery.

I definitely will be getting 2x exposure to ozone and particulates from both Colossi when they are running full bore. Plus an extra dose of ultrafine particulate with my morning fresh air.

Yes, wouldn’t it be nice to be in Nashville instead with HCA, Oracle, many insurance and financial institutions, and the joy of country music.

As an avid Opus user I am in an ethical Nimby bind. We do need almost any investments we can get in Shelby County TN. I’ll take Anthropic in preference to Grok NOx. And it will be my NOx.

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by monster_truck on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:03PM (#48217331)

Your math is way wrong. The airport is and will be far, far worse. You didn't even mention all of the lead

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by robwwilliams on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:44AM (#48217966)

What was the specific mathematical or factual error? It is not theoretical for me.

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by schmookeeg on Thursday May 21, 2026 @01:16AM (#48218173)

there is no lead in jet fuel.

i would expect close to no 100LL burning planes use MEM.

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by bob1029 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:31AM (#48218687)

The biggest issue with the interim onsite generation is the lack of meaningful stack height on the generating units.

Airplanes by virtue of their mode of operation stay out of the unhappy regime most of the time. Also, engines at/near idle produde orders of magnitude less emissions. Those aeroderivative generators are running at full capacity 24/7.

Dumping exhaust at ground level continuously is probably much worse than the airport. Even if it's a FedEx world hub.

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by vasco on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:49AM (#48218807)

> I’ll take Anthropic in preference to Grok NOx

It's the same datacenter? Ran by the same people?

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by hawaiianbrah on Thursday May 21, 2026 @03:12AM (#48218983)

I think that was the joke.

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by Melatonic on Thursday May 21, 2026 @03:15AM (#48219010)

Hey Siri - can you please order this guy a spare set of lungs ?

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by swader999 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @08:56AM (#48221898)

Or upgrade their Tesla to that bio hazard filtration level

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by superloika on Thursday May 21, 2026 @07:35AM (#48220944)

Cattle can't choose how to be slaughtered, though.

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