NAACP Sues Elon Musk's xAI Over Memphis Pollution

The NAACP has filed a federal lawsuit in Mississippi accusing xAI of violating the Clean Air Act by pumping toxic emissions from its massive datacenter into predominantly Black neighborhoods near Memphis. The suit alleges the Southaven, Mississippi facility is illegally spewing pollutants without proper permits, putting a civil rights frame around the AI infrastructure boom's environmental costs.

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