xAI powers Mississippi data center with jet engines
Original title: xAI installs eight converted jet engines to power Mississippi data center
Eight converted jet engines installed at xAI data center; permits allow 25 percent higher volatile organic compound limits, prompting environmental concerns and legal challenge.
Elon Musk’s xAI is using eight converted jet engine turbines to power a new Mississippi data center. State permits allow a 25 percent increase in volatile organic compound emissions. Environmentalists warn of carbon monoxide release and the Southern Environmental Law Center has challenged the approval. The generators carry required state-level permission.
- Eight jet engines installed
- 25 percent higher pollutant limit granted
- Southern Environmental Law Center challenge filed
- Part of xAI AI infrastructure buildout
- Vendors
- xAI
- Organizations
- Southern Environmental Law Center
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Elon Musk's xAI is using eight converted jet engine turbines to power a Mississippi data center. While the generators have the required state-level permission and permits, there remain concerns about the impact they could have on the local environment.
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