xAI must face NAACP lawsuit over data center turbines, US judge decides
( October 30, 2026, 18:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: xAI has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP and environmental groups for allegedly unlawfully operating dozens of unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis, violating the Clean Air Act. "Because the plaintiffs have statutory standing under the Clean Air Act, because the combustion turbines are not “mobile sources” under Mississippi’s SIP, and because the citizen suit provision does not violate Article II of the Constitution or the private nondelegation doctrine, the plaintiffs’ claims will proceed," Chief US District Judge Debra M. Brown in Mississippi decided. See document below: ...
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