Elon Musk’s xAI has turned to refurbished jet engines to help power its Memphis data center as tech companies race to generate their own electricity.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that eight converted jet-engine units are installed at xAI’s Mississippi site, citing permits and satellite imagery. The state air permit places the units, which burn natural gas, at the company’s Southaven power plant, and the NAACP and two local groups are appealing that permit.
A separate NAACP lawsuit, which a federal judge kept alive Oct. 30, concerns temporary turbines at the same site, not the eight converted units…