SOUTHAVEN – In a room of a couple hundred attendees, not one spoke in favor of a proposed air permit for an Elon Musk-owned operation in Southaven during a two-and-a-half hour public hearing.
MZX Tech LLC, a part of Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence company, applied for permits to construct and operate 41 natural gas turbines in the north Mississippi city. Those turbines would power the company’s nearby data centers, which include two just across the state line in Memphis as well as a recently announced $20 billion investment in Southaven.
Mississippi’s environmental permit board, which is made up of seven appointees from several state agencies, will decide whether to approve or deny MZX Tech’s application…