Mississippi drone footage exposes xAI's unpermitted gas-turbine plant amid EPA clash
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Drone- and thermal-imaging investigations show xAI operating 15+ unpermitted gas-turbine units at its Southaven facility in Mississippi, despite an EPA ruling that such sources require permits; state regulators say the turbines are portable and exempt, while the EPA and environmental groups warn this violates the Clean Air Act and poses health risks as xAI seeks permits for more turbines and expansion of its Colossus datacenters.
- ‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations The Guardian
- Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center CNBC
- NAACP threatens to sue Musk’s xAI over Mississippi gas turbines powering data center The Hill
- Groups threaten suit over xAI turbines in Whitehaven WREG.com
- Public hearing set for xAI turbines in Southaven. Here's what to know The Commercial Appeal
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