Musk Tries To Bribe Memphis So They'll Overlook His AI Data Centers Are Killing Black Toddlers

So I just got done writing about how Elon Musk's xAI data centers outside of Memphis feature 57 largely-unregulated gas turbines pumping pollutants and toxic chemicals into black neighborhoods that already see disproportionate levels of pollution-triggered illnesses among local minority children.This synopsis was from a recent lawsuit by civil rights groups pointing out Musk's Colossus 2 AI data center is openly violating the Clean Air Act:xAI’s power plant in Southaven has the potential to emit more than 1,700 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) each year. The staggering emissions numbers likely make the facility the largest industrial source of NOx in the greater Memphis area, an area already failing to meet national smog standards. The illegal turbines also have the potential to release up to 180 tons of fine particulate matter, 500 tons of carbon monoxide, and 19 tons of formaldehyde—a toxic, cancer-causing chemical—each year. The data center is also having a negative…