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xAI is operating roughly 50 natural gas turbines to power its Mississippi data center, relying on a state-level “mobile” classification that currently exempts the units from air pollution controls for one year. Because the turbines sit on flatbed trailers, Mississippi regulators are treating them as temporary mobile sources, but environmental groups argue this setup is functionally a permanent power plant supplying xAI’s AI computing infrastructure.
The NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, has sued on behalf of local residents and is now seeking a court injunction that could force xAI to curtail or reconfigure operations at the site. The complaint cites federal rules that allow trailer-mounted power plants to be regulated as stationary sources, and it points to xAI’s continued expansion—46 turbines now running, with permits granted for only 15 and earlier public statements suggesting about half of 35 units would remain—as evidence that the project is a long-term facility with material regulatory, operational, and reputational risk for the company.