Cancer-linked chemicals pumped into major US city by Elon Musk's data center, lawsuit claims

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Cancer-linked chemicals are being pumped into neighborhoods surrounding Elon Musk's massive xAI data center, according to a new federal lawsuit.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) claimed in a statement that 'xAI is operating 27 gas turbines without an air permit in Southaven, Mississippi, effectively building a power plant for its Colossus 2 data center, which powers the company's chatbot, Grok.'

The lawsuit claims the turbines emitted, or had the potential to emit, smog-forming pollutants, fine particulate matter and formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, near homes, schools, and churches.

The pollutants can inflame the airways, penetrate deep into the lungs and bloodstream, and increase the risk of asthma, heart disease and cancer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cancer-linked-chemicals-pumped-into-major-us-city-by-elon-musk-s-data-center-lawsuit-claims/ar-AA288zOo

What else do you expect from a son of apartheid?

[Blue Owl]

1. Leon's head would look good on a pike

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. Yes it would,

along with a few others. Actually, a lot of other heads.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Move quickly with an injunction.

This sounds serious enough to take action to protect public safety.

[orthoclad]

4. He's been doing it for months.

[orthoclad]

3. He ducks regulation of those turbines

by the fact that they're mounted on wheels, making them "mobile" generators. Such things are needed to power hospitals and water plants in emergencies, but nobody expected them to power a major, fixed industrial plant.

So Mux realized he was on to a good thing and spent a billion buying the company.

"Elon Musk has quietly bought APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based company that operates a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines totaling more than 1 GW of generation capacity.
The self-styled champion of a “solar electric economy” now owns a fossil fuel power company — and he’s buying it to feed the electricity-hungry data centers running xAI’s Grok.
...
There was no press release. The acquisition surfaced through a Federal Trade Commission early termination notice — transaction number 20261350, dated May 14, 2026 — which cleared the deal without further antitrust review."

https://electrek.co/2026/07/14/musk-buys-gas-turbine-company-apr-energy-grok/

Go back to Mars and leave the earthlings alone.

[yellow dahlia]

5. Thanks for the extra background. Aaargh!