NAACP and Environmental Groups Sue xAI Over Unpermitted Gas Turbines Powering Mississippi Data Center
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Case page created on April 14, 2026.
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Earthjustice, the Southern Environmental Law Center, the NAACP, and the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech for operating 27 unpermitted methane gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi. These turbines power xAI's Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis, which runs the company's Grok chatbot. The lawsuit alleges the company built an illegal power plant without air permits, with lax oversight and disregard for nearby communities. Thermal drone footage captured the unpermitted turbines in operation.
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· 3 pulledElon Musk's company, xAI, built an illegal power plant in Mississippi to power its AI data center — with no air permits, lax oversight, and little concern for families living nearby.
We sued.
Thermal drone footage shows unpermitted turbines operating at xAI's gas plant
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