Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI faces lawsuit over data center air pollution

xAI has received a legal threat over its use of gas turbines at its Memphis AI hub, as Big Tech and AI firms frantically build their AI capabilities.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI is facing legal action over air pollution from the gas-fired turbines it uses to power its Memphis computer farm. 

Musk’s AI firm xAI received a 60-day notice of intent to sue for violations of the Clean Air Act on Tuesday from the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) over its “Colossus” AI datacenter in Memphis, Tennessee.

The potential lawsuit, on behalf of the oldest civil rights group in America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, centers on dozens of natural gas turbines that the firm installed to power the facility instead of waiting for a grid connection.

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