Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
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Key Points:
- Elon Musk’s xAI operates nearly 50 natural gas turbines at its Mississippi data center, using power plants currently unregulated by the state due to a loophole classifying them as “mobile.”
- These turbines are mounted on flatbed trailers, allowing them to avoid air pollution regulations for up to one year under Mississippi law.
- The NAACP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of local residents, arguing that emissions from the turbines are worsening air quality in an already polluted area and has requested a court injunction against xAI.
- The Southern Environmental Law Center contends that under federal law, power plants on trailers should be considered stationary and thus subject to air pollution regulations, challenging Mississippi’s classification.