The NAACP and environmental groups say Musk’s xAI company is exploiting regulatory loopholes to power its massive AI supercomputers — while worsening smog and health risks for Black neighborhoods in Mississippi and Tennessee.
For months, the NAACP and a coalition of environmental justice groups have accused Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of poisoning Black communities in North Mississippi and Memphis with an improvised power plant fueled by unpermitted gas turbines. Now, even after the groups sued him, alleging violations of the Clean Air Act, Musk appears to be escalating the fight.
The billionaire recently added six more gas-powered turbines to the sprawling xAI data center operation, and civil rights and environmental advocates are racing to prevent the pollution from becoming permanent…