SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has rejected an appeal over what environmental activists are calling a “flawed” air permit granted to SpaceXAI for its data center power plant in Southaven.
The air permit, granted in March, allows SpaceXAI to use 41 methane gas turbines to help power its nearby Colossus 2 data center just across state lines in Memphis.
Several environmental activist groups appealed MDEQ’s decision a month later, citing harmful emissions from the turbines and community backlash…