Musk’s xAI, SpaceX sued over ‘pervasive and inescapable’ data center power plant noise
The class action says the plant’s 24-hour noise has harmed health and property values for more than 10,000 residents, the suit says.
- On Tuesday, three Mississippi residents filed a class-action lawsuit in Oxford against Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX, alleging a Southaven power plant creates excessive noise and vibrations harming thousands.
- XAI invested more than $20 billion to develop the facility with backing from Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, utilizing gas-fired turbines to power data centers since the middle of last year.
- Lawyer Robert Wiygul stated, "Our homes are supposed to be a sanctuary," describing noise as "omnipresent and inescapable" affecting a class estimated at more than 10,000 residents 24 hours daily.
- Plaintiffs seek damages and profit disgorgement, naming subsidiary MZX Tech as defendant alongside xAI and SpaceX, though Musk is not personally named in the legal action.
- The suit joins broader national opposition to AI infrastructure, including a separate NAACP environmental lawsuit and Senator Bernie Sanders' proposed AI Data Center Moratorium Act to halt new construction.
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Federal Class Action Lawsuit Claims xAI Turbines Powering Memphis-Area Data Centers Caused Nuisance for Mississippi Residents
Three Mississippi residents living near the Tennessee border have filed a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the conversational chatbot Grok, alleging the company has committed negligence and negligence per se while establishing dozens of natural gas turbines that have created a public and private nuisance. Filed on Monday by three residents in the Northern District of Mississippi, and …
Musk's xAI and SpaceX sued over disruptions from data center plant
Residents of a Mississippi city bordering Tennessee filed a class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk‘s xAI and SpaceX, alleging that a data center and power-generation facility near Memphis has subjected thousands of people to “pervasive and inescapable” noise and vibrations. Three residents of Southaven, Mississippi, just south of the Tennessee border, filed the lawsuit on behalf of an estimated class of more than 10,000 people. The complaint all…
Southaven Residents Sue xAI, Citing ‘Near-Constant’ Noise From Gas Turbines
In a class-action lawsuit filed Monday, plaintiffs argue that xAI’s methane gas turbines in Southaven are subjecting nearby residents to “near-constant noise, vibrations and other nuisance-level harms.” The plaintiffs are seeking compensation for those alleged harms, as well as injunctive relief and punitive damages against xAI. The post Southaven Residents Sue xAI, Alleging ‘Near-Constant’ Noise From Gas Turbines is Causing Harm appeared first …
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