Elon Musk just can't stop potentially violating the Clean Air Act By Matt Tate May 13, 2026 11:48 am EST Elon Musk's xAI has added a further 19 natural gas turbines to its Southhaven, Mississippi-based AI data center site. …
… Operating these turbines without an air permit also violates the Clean Air Act, which requires sources of pollution to be permitted before being operated or constructed. …
… Hawkins Apr 15 “A data center should not be a potential death sentence for a community’s health.” The NAACP is suing xAI to block Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center project outside of Memphis, TN, claiming that the project is operating 27 gas turbines without an air permit and in violation of the C… …