Xai obtains 15 natural gas generator permits at Memphis data center

County regulators yesterday granted an XAI permit to operate 15 natural gas turbines in a data center outside Memphis, despite the threat of the lawsuit.

Elon Musk AI companies operate up to 35 generators without permission, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) said. Overall, they can produce up to 421 megawatts of electricity. The legal organization says so I’m suing Xai Due to a violation of cleaning air on behalf of NAACP.

company Recently raised $10 billionis divided equally between debt and fairness.

Allow Issued by the Shelby County Health Department, Xai can operate 15 solar SMT-130 generators with specific emission controls. This can generate up to 247 megawatts. According to SELC, the company already operates eight of the same models without permission, but added that the group in operation has adequate pollution control.

Under the conditions of the permit, Xai is permitted to produce a significant amount of contamination on a 12-month rolling base, including a smog formation number of 87 tons._x14 tons of harmful air pollutants including 94 tons of carbon monoxide, 85 tons of volatile organic compounds, 73 tons of particle pollution, and 9.8 tons of known carcinogen formaldehyde. The company must maintain its own emissions records.

Before the permit was issued, a Memphis community group said it had $250,000 in funds Pay for independent air quality studies.

Memphis city We conducted our own air quality test in June.SELC raised some concerns about how the tests were carried out.

Test contractors did not measure ozone levels, SELC noted, and the test was taken on the day the wind was blowing Xai’s contamination from the two nearest test sites in Xai. Contractors also placed test equipment directly against it or in close proximity to the building. This can interfere with the outcome.

Previously, the Health Bureau I insisted The fact that they were not authorized to grant “mobile” gas combustion turbines if they were operating for less than 364 days, says that under such circumstances the EPA is the relevant regulator. The SELC stated that the interpretation of the law was “false” and that letters justifying omissions were “no legal analysis.”