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Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center

May 13, 2026
xAI's Colossus 2 data center in Mississippi is reportedly operating ~50 gas turbines without proper permitting, triggering a lawsuit. This highlights the regulatory and environmental risks of rapid AI infrastructure scaling, relevant to anyone tracking the true operational costs and legal exposure of frontier AI compute buildouts.