Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators. Now, it’s buying $2.8B more.
Key takeaways
- Elon Musk’s x AI has gotten itself in hot water over its use of polluting generators at its data center near Memphis, Tennessee.
- In Space X s IPO filing, released Wednesday, the company said its x AI division will buy another $2.8 billion worth of turbines for its AI infrastructure over the next three years.
- The NAACP filed a lawsuit against xAI last month for operating dozens of unregulated gas turbines that worsen air quality in one of the most polluted parts of the country.
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Elon Musk’s x AI has gotten itself in hot water over its use of polluting generators at its data center near Memphis, Tennessee. Now, it wants to buy even more of them.
In Space X s IPO filing, released Wednesday, the company said its x AI division will buy another $2.8 billion worth of turbines for its AI infrastructure over the next three years. One deal, worth $2 billion, is specifically for “mobile gas turbines,” the kind that it’s currently being sued over.
The NAACP filed a lawsuit against xAI last month for operating dozens of unregulated gas turbines that worsen air quality in one of the most polluted parts of the country. The organization has sought an injunction against xAI’s use of the turbines. So far, xAI has been granted permits for 15 turbines. As of a few weeks ago, it was using 46.