Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit over xAI data center pollution in Mississippi

Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit over xAI data center pollution in Mississippi

News ClipBaltimore Sun·Southaven, DeSoto County, MS·11/2/2026

A judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech LLC, installed and operated 27 polluting gas turbines at the Colossus data center in Southaven, Mississippi, without an air permit. The case will proceed in court.

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In the April lawsuit, NAACP alleged that xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech LLC installed and operated 27 polluting gas turbines, collectively called the Colossus Gas Plant, in Southaven, Mississippi, “without an air permit or regard for the h…