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- XAI is reportedly controlled by 26 or more gas turbines without the necessary permits or control of pollution.
- Thermal imege shows that turbines are despite the companies that claim they are not operational.
- Groups estimate turbines can emit up to 2000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides per year if controls are not set.
In Memphis’ neighborhood of Boxtown, where cancer rates increase up to four times more than a national average, residents face a new threat.
Thermal images reportedly show that the gas turbines from XAI toxin pump the already polluted air, which prompted a civil rights group to make the AI Laboratory to Elon Musk Da: Install pollution controls or face a lawsuit.
In a letterThe NAACP lawyers, through the South Environmental Center, accused Xai of launching 26 defective gas turbines at its memphis supercomputer. The company has 60 days to resolve the alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
“We cannot afford to normalize this type of environmental injustice,” said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of NAACP. “We won’t let Xai get away with that.”
Decipher He reached for Xai for comment.
Data centers that supply AI computer power are powered by a constant electricity supply. Energy consumption It is expected to make 49% of electricity consumption of global data center by AI objects by the end of 2025, surpassing even even Bitcoin energy consumption.
Civic rights organization states that XAI turbines can “broadcast more than 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides that form a smog” per year “, which could make it the largest industrial source in Memphis.
However, due to the slower deployment of pure energy, growing demand is primarily fulfilled by using fossil fuels such as natural gas and coal.
Thermal image spent in April allegedly discovered Almost all turbines were operational, opposing Xai’s claims. Naacp noted that appropriate pollution controls could reduce the emission to about 177 tons a year, which is less than 10% of current levels.
Local officials, including Memphis Mayor and Shelby County Health Department, allegedly claim that “exemption of 364 days” refers to XAI’s turbines, NAACP said, adding that despite these claims, they did not identify which specific exemption to cover turbines based on the size of the XAIs.
Projections for shows are more worrying considering how Memphis is located as the fifth most delayed metro area, according to 2025 report by the asthma and allergic foundations of America.
If the negotiations fail and the lawsuit continues, Xai could face the ban by stopping his business, as well as significant fines for any violation.
Edited Sebastian Sinclair
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