Overview

• The NAACP delivered a 60-day notice under the Clean Air Act to sue xAI for operating at least 35 gas turbines without required preconstruction or operating permits.
• Environmental advocates estimate the facility’s turbines could emit more than 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides annually along with carcinogens such as formaldehyde.
• Shelby County Health Department is now considering xAI’s application to permit 15 turbines even as aerial surveys show dozens of units still running.
• xAI insists its temporary power generation units comply with all applicable laws and highlights its investment in a $35 million substation and $80 million water recycling plant.
• Local leaders and residents of Boxtown warn that emissions from the Colossus facility exacerbate existing air quality and health disparities in south Memphis.