XAI threatened with lawsuit under Clean Air Act
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company and Texas-based Solaris Energy Infrastructure operate natural gas turbines that do not have an air-emissions permit.
Topic: xAI
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February 2026
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Elon Musk joins his rocket and AI businesses into a single company
Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before what’s expected to be a massive initial public offering for the business later this year.
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January 2026
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SpaceX and xAI could merge, according to reports
Elon Musk, the CEO of both companies, has spoken about putting artificial intelligence data centers in space in recent months.
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Opinion: The controversy around xAI is far more than environmental — it’s moral
“If we can’t boldly say the ability to create nonconsensual sexual imagery and child sexual-abuse material need to be fully and permanently irradiated from xAI’s products, we are truly lost.”
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Elon Musk wants to fund more improvements to MSCS school buildings
This time, the Musk Foundation has proposed funding upgrades at three elementary schools.
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Opinion: xAI’s Southaven data center isn’t about noise; it’s about America’s energy reality
“The debate unfolding in Southaven over xAI’s data center and its gas turbines reflects a familiar clash playing out across the country.”
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With Musk’s Mississippi turbines, controversy meets innovation
While people in the Memphis area grapple with the real-world effects of xAI’s “rapid execution” in Mississippi, many see a company that is innovating its way to become a major player in the worldwide AI race.
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Mother of Elon Musk’s child sues xAI over sexual deepfake images created by Grok
In a lawsuit filed in New York, Ashley St. Clair alleges xAI’s Grok chatbot allowed users to create sexually exploitive images.
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What a year’s worth of xAI power bills tell us
MLGW is in the process of providing updated records, which are expected to significantly alter the totals initially reported in this story.
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Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis
“Let xAI not be a monument to what was taken from Memphis but a testament to what happens when a city demands justice for its people.”
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From partial records to massive bills: Inside xAI’s $50M Memphis energy footprint
Initial public records provided to The Daily Memphian showed only a fraction of xAI’s true electric consumption and almost none of its natural gas usage, prompting questions about incomplete disclosure.
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Leaders tout xAI’s investment in Southaven data center: ‘This is an exciting day’
“This is an exciting day, not only in Mississippi’s future, but this is an exciting day for Mississippi’s kids and for Mississippi’s workforce and for Mississippi’s economy,” Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday about xAI’s new data center in Southaven.
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Packed room challenges Southaven board over xAI
The Safe and Sound Coalition demanded an immediate halt to operations at the xAI facility located at 2875 Stanton Road at the Southaven Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting.
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Coalition plans to address Southaven officials over xAI turbines
Citizens concerned about xAI’s move into Southaven are generating signatures on a petition asking to be heard on the development.
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Money, MATA, xAI: Top Memphis City Council votes of 2025
The most important Memphis City Council decisions of 2025 were about the flow of city funds, the city-owned bus system, what to do with property tax revenues from xAI and the council’s relationship with the Mayor’s office.
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While board finds xAI’s air emissions permit valid, they were skeptical of natural gas turbines
At a hearing that displayed a clash of environmental activism and the city’s business establishment, the Air Pollution Control Board said the controversial air emissions permit will stand. But it may come with a policy change.
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Westwood teetered on the edge of closure for years. Will a middle school merger save it?
Chickasaw Middle could close at the end of the school year, one of five closures MSCS officials have proposed. The students would move to the Westwood High campus, making it a school for sixth-12th graders.
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XAI buys building for 3rd Memphis-area data center in Southaven
The company already has two Memphis data centers.
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December 2025
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Here’s what hit the headlines in Memphis this year
What were the news highlights of the year in Memphis? A look back at the metro team’s top stories.
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November 2025
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2 men electrocuted at xAI’s Southaven power plant
The September event sent one of the men to a hospital, where he remains.
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October 2025
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Opinion: Environmental justice is not negotiable
“Every person has the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water and live free from the fear of corporate exploitation.”
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‘This is what progress looks like,’ xAI breaks ground on water recycling plant
During the groundbreaking, no one said xAI primary owner Elon Musk’s name aloud, but he was referenced multiple times.
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September 2025
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XAI subsidiary subleases 550+ acres for solar panel project
The solar panel project is expected to include up to 100 megawatts, possibly more.
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XAI subsidiary to lease 500-plus acres to energy cooperative
The EDGE resolution includes “solar as an eligible use of property.”
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Council delays vote on Regional One Health rebuild
The Memphis City Council delayed a vote to halt the building of a new $1.9 billion campus for the county-owned hospital, a move that will slow down county funding.
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