Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward

A federal judge has denied xAI's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, which accuses the company of installing and operating at least 35 combustion turbines at its Colossus data center near Memphis without obtaining necessary preconstruction or operating air permits, in violation of the Clean Air Act. xAI argued the turbines are exempt as mobile sources and that the plaintiffs lacked standing, but Judge Debra M. Brown ruled that the plaintiffs have statutory standing, the turbines are not mobile sources under Mississippi's State Implementation Plan, and citizen suits do not violate Article II or the private nondelegation doctrine. The NAACP celebrated the ruling as another victory in holding xAI accountable, especially as public opinion turns against data centers and New York recently passed a moratorium on new ones.

(Source：TechCrunch)