{"id":5,"date":"2025-05-26T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T20:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olive-lagoon.69-164-222-118.plesk.page\/?p=5"},"modified":"2025-05-27T01:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T01:49:36","slug":"photographs-of-the-xai-data-center-in-memphis-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olive-lagoon.69-164-222-118.plesk.page\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"Photographs of the xAI Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spent a few days on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee, photographing the xAI data center there. 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