Memphis Resident Says xAI Data Center Noise Has Disrupted Her Whitehaven Home
Loretta Young Thornton, a retired Army veteran in Memphis’ Whitehaven neighborhood, says noise from xAI’s Colossus 2 AI data center next door has made her home difficult to live in. She attributes the constant industrial roar to the facility’s cooling fans and gas turbines and says she does not want to leave the house she calls Serenity.
Loretta Young Thornton, a 66-year-old retired Army veteran and former U.S. Postal Service employee, lives beside Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 AI data center in Memphis’ Whitehaven neighborhood. She says the facility operates continuously, with cooling equipment and gas turbines producing noise that has displaced the quiet surroundings she valued when she named her home Serenity.
Thornton compares the sound to a war zone and says the noise may make it difficult for anyone nearby to hear a person calling for help during an emergency. Although her children have urged her to move, Thornton says she owns the house and intends to remain there, describing Musk as her noisy neighbor and expressing frustration about her limited ability to challenge the company’s presence.