The Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal court late on Monday to throw out the case of xAI polluting residential neighborhoods in north Mississippi
The Trump administration is coming to the defense of Elon Musk in a lawsuit over claims that his artificial intelligence company, xAI, is polluting residential neighborhoods in north Mississippi. The Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal court late on Monday to throw out the case.
The lawsuit was filed by the NAACP in April over allegations that xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech set up dozens of methane-gas turbines to power its data center in Southaven, Mississippi, without air permits. The suit claims these turbines emit toxic pollutants in violation of the Clean Air Act, and is asking a judge to block xAI from operating the machines.
“There is no moral or legal precedent for this…It’s a desperate attempt to protect wealthy tech companies from obeying the laws.”
The DOJ says this data center is being used to train and develop AI models that are “critical to the economy and the Department of War” and the turbines are necessary to power the facility. In a 33-page memo filed in Mississippi federal court, the government also claims that under the Clean Air Act, it can terminate such “citizen lawsuits.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/trump-departement-justice-elon-musk-xai-grok-naacp-data-center-pollution-lawsuit-mississippi/Open linkView original on sh.itjust.works
One day we're going to have to face the consequences of pretending these things aren't problems for the sake of profit. It's going to be a world wide leopards ate my face moment.
You might make money off of his recklessness, but is it worth it if the world is uninhabitable?
they don't care
I'm not necessarily only talking about the people responsible for creating the mess. I'm throwing in everyone that blindly voted republican, didn't vote, and those that are doing nothing because "what can you do attitude".
We are at the point where we should be in the streets protesting and if that doesn't work, do what the French would do.
Yes, we are. They are likely to not have to face them. Whether due to financial insulation, or cognitive dissonance, or both.
I just read about that site! The datacenter is in Tennessee: https://maps.app.goo.gl/shpHnsqrQkz8g4cWA. And the power generation is one mile south, over the state border in Mississippi: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wR1e4YkqrhVcUJTi6. They built the datacenter (Colossus-2) in the building of a previous warehouse and the power plant on the site of a previous gas plant. Apparently they rent the gas turbines, that's how they got them in place so quickly.
They are doing the same shitty trick as with Colossus-1 again, "those turbines are totally temporary and mobile, so we don't need permits for a year".
If they want to play that game I'll look the other way when people disassemble said polluting equipment at their earliest convenience. Either enforce the law or expect destruction to enforce the law. This is not a negotiation. Going to court is the least painful way to deal with you, muskrat.