Elon Musk's xAI Faces Second Lawsuit Over Datacenter Pollution

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm, xAI, is being sued for a second time, with the NAACP alleging violations of the Clean Air Act and pollution in Black communities near its Mississippi datacenter.

14 Feb, 00:47 — 14 Feb, 00:47

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The Guardian14 Feb, 00:47

Elon Musk’s xAI faces second lawsuit over toxic pollutants from datacenter

NAACP alleges artificial intelligence firm is violating Clean Air Act and polluting Black communities in Mississippi Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is facing a second lawsuit alleging it is illegally emitting toxic pollutants from its enormous datacenters, which house its supercomputers and run the chatbot Grok. The new pending suit alleges xAI is violating the Clean Air Act and was filed Friday by the storied civil rights group the NAACP. The group’s 40-page notice of intent to sue alleges xAI has been polluting Black communities near its facility in Southaven, Mississippi. The pollution comes from more than a dozen portable methane gas generators that xAI set up without permits, the notice alleges. Continue reading...

By Dara Kerr

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