Elon Musk's xAI is polluting air in Memphis, using more gas turbines than permitted, advocacy group says Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has installed 35 gas turbines to run its Memphis data center, though it only applied for permits to run 15, an advocacy group says.

Apartheid Elon xAI is secretly choking a Black Memphis neighborhood with toxic gas from 35 unpermitted turbines—more than double what they disclosed. This isn’t AI, it’s environmental racism. Shut it down. #MuskPollutes #BlackSky #EnvironmentalJustice #xAI #MuskWatch www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/e...