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NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’
Ray Choi
June 05, 2025
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🛑 NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’
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The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon Musk’s xAI in South Memphis.
As reported in NBC News, leaders from the civil rights group sent a letter Thursday to the Shelby County Health Department and Memphis Light Gas and Water criticizing the organizations’ “lackadaisical approach to the operation of this dirty data center” and calling on them to “issue an emergency order for xAI to stop operations completely” — or if there’s no order, to at least cite and stop the company from allegedly violating clean air laws.
The letter expressed particular concerns around the gas turbines that xAI runs to power Colossus. The company has applied for a permit to continue operating 15 gas turbines at the facility, although the NAACP said authorities have “allowed xAI to operate at least 35 gas turbines without any permitting” over the past year. These turbines reportedly emit hazardous air pollutants, including formaldehyde, at levels exceeding EPA limits.
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