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xAI gets permission to pollute.
Elon Musk’s AI company has been granted a permit for 15 natural gas turbines to power a Memphis data center, along with limits on their emissions, which include smog-forming nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide.
The company has been accused of running the generators without permits for almost a year, and the Southern Environmental Law Center claims there are many more than that — raising the question of whether xAI will really stop at 15 now.
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