<p>A man who lives in Ashland City, Tennessee, was arrested last week for allegedly saying he wanted to &#8220;burn down&#8221; the xAI supercomputer facility in Memphis because he &#8220;was very upset with Elon Musk and Donald Trump,&#8221; according to authorities.</p>
<p>Last Thursday, Ashland City police were contacted after friends and co-workers of 25-year-old Ethan Early, a Nashville EMT, expressed concern &#8220;about some things that he was saying regarding the politics,&#8221; Ashland City Police Department Sergeant Alexis Duncan said, according to <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/ashland-city-arrest-memphis-xai-facility/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WKRN</a>. Early was placed in the Cheatham County Jail and charged with an act of terrorism.</p>
<p>According to the arrest affidavit, Early told a friend that “he was going to burn down one of Elon Musk&#8217;s data centers using Thermite,” WKRN reported. The 25-year-old had also allegedly purchased components to make thermite, a pyrotechnic mixture of metal powder and metal oxide that can be used to make incendiary bombs.</p>
<p>The xAI facility in Memphis holds the largest artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer in the world, according to <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/building-colossus-supermicros-groundbreaking-ai-supercomputer-built-for-elon-musks-xai/#:~:text=Building%20Colossus:%20Supermicro's%20groundbreaking%20AI%20supercomputer%20built%20for%20Elon%20Musk's%20xAI,-VB%20Staff&amp;text=The%20team%20at%20xAI%2C%20partnering,Supermicro%2C%20and%20produced%20by%20ServeTheHome.&amp;text=Here%20is%20a%20run%2Ddown,highlights%20for%20this%20massive%20undertaking." target="_blank" rel="noopener">VentureBeat</a>. The supercomputer, named Colossus, is mostly powered by Nvidia processing chips and used for storage and networking to train and power Musk&#8217;s AI chatbot, Grok.</p>
<p>Early allegedly told police that he had become &#8220;too wrapped up in politics&#8221; and that his friends ultimately talked him out of going through with the act of terrorism. He added that he was ashamed he had gotten &#8220;so carried away,&#8221; according to the affidavit. Ashland City authorities said that the components to make thermite were thrown into a dumpster last week, adding that they pose no risk since the chemicals were never combined.</p>
<p>Musk, Trump&#8217;s most powerful and public adviser, has been criticized by Democrats and the legacy media over his influence on the Trump administration and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team seeking to drastically slash government spending. Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114047677181856301" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week that Musk &#8220;is doing a great job&#8221; but added that he wants to see the SpaceX and Tesla CEO &#8220;get more aggressive.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-gives-federal-workers-another-chance-to-justify-employment-or-be-fired">Musk Gives Federal Workers &#8216;Another Chance&#8217; To Justify Employment Or Be Fired</a></strong></p>

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