Judge lets NAACP pollution lawsuit against xAI's Memphis data centre proceed

A federal judge has rejected xAI's bid to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit over its Colossus data centre outside Memphis. The suit alleges the SpaceX-owned AI company ran at least 35 gas turbines without the required air permits, violating the Clean Air Act. xAI argued the turbines were mobile and exempt, but Judge Debra M. Brown ruled that the claims will proceed.