The Unlikely Role of Operation Epic Fury in a Mississippi AI Data Center Lawsuit
The department says national security outweighs the pollution claims after the NAACP alleged 27 unpermitted turbines were emitting harmful pollutants.
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The Battle to Stop the AI Industry’s Illegal Pollution
When Rev. Robert Tipton Jr. learned last fall that an illegal power plant was polluting communities in Mississippi, he decided to fight back. He took on a powerful opponent: xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk. The power plant runs one of the company’s massive data centers, and its methane gas turbines are operating 24 hours a day without federal air permits. As the plant burns gas, it fills the air around Southaven, Mi…
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The unlikely role of Operation Epic Fury in a Mississippi AI data center lawsuit
The lawsuit argues that the data centers are operating illegally and polluting surrounding areas, but the DOJ said they’re needed for national security.
Elon Musk's xAI Gets Trump DOJ Backing In Fight To Keep Gas Turbines Running Near Black Mississippi Homes
The Trump administration's Justice Department has moved to shield Elon Musk's xAI from a civil rights lawsuit, asking a federal court to keep the company's unpermitted gas turbines running beside majority-Black neighbourhoods in north Mississippi. The Department of Justice filed on 15 June 2026 to intervene in a Clean Air Act case brought by the NAACP, then asked the court to throw it out. Government lawyers argued that cutting power to the turb…
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