Federal judge allows NAACP lawsuit against xAI data center to proceed on Clean Air Act grounds

According to TechCrunch, a federal judge denied xAI's motion to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit claiming the SpaceX-owned company operates 35 combustion turbines at its Colossus data center near Memphis without required air permits. The Southern Environmental Law Center, suing on behalf of the NAACP, alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. xAI argued the turbines qualify as mobile sources exempt from permitting, but the judge found the plaintiffs have statutory standing under the Clean Air Act and that the turbines do not meet Mississippi's definition of mobile sources.