xAI is running 59 unpermitted gas turbines, twice what it has admitted
Emails between regulators and xAI’s consultants put most of the turbines in Southaven, Mississippi. Within five miles on the Tennessee side, about 94% of residents are Black. Ervin Laws lives in Colonial Hills, a neighbourhood in Southaven, Mississippi, where residents say the turbines running around the clock sound like jet engines. “I can’t do anything […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Published: 14 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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