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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Stephanie Cruz

Trump Administration Tried to Shut Down Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk's AI Data Centre, but Federal Judge Refused

xAI’s Memphis-area data centre—a Southaven, Mississippi plant powered by dozens of gas turbines—is at the centre of the NAACP’s Clean Air Act case. (Credit: Screenshot from x.ai)

A federal judge has refused to let the Trump administration shut down a civil rights lawsuit over the air pollution from the gas turbines powering Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, allowing the case to move forward.

US District Judge Debra Brown, who sits in the Northern District of Mississippi, denied the Justice Department's bid to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act claim against xAI on 19 October.

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