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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Dara Kerr

Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules

xAI datacenter in Memphis.
The xAI datacenter in Memphis. Photograph: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center

A US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power huge datacenters in Tennessee.

xAI has been fighting for a year and a half over truck-sized gas turbines the company had parked near its Colossus 1 and 2 facilities, arguing to local authorities that the electricity-generating turbines were exempt from requirements for air quality permits.

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