The Vault · 2026-05-13 01:48:23 · Wired
Internal communications obtained by Wired reveal that xAI has ordered 19 additional portable gas turbines for its Colossus 2 facility in Tennessee, pressing forward with expansion despite an unresolved legal dispute over air quality impacts. The company, which pledged to power its flagship AI training complex with rene...
The Office · 2026-05-13 03:18:20 · Techmeme Echo RSS
Internal emails obtained through public records requests reveal that xAI has dramatically scaled its portable gas turbine capacity at the Colossus 2 site, adding 19 turbines over a two-month period as the company simultaneously fights a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations. The records suggest a rapid infrastructu...
The Lab · 2026-05-13 21:18:24 · TechCrunch
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence venture xAI is under legal scrutiny for operating a fleet of nearly 50 gas turbines at its Colossus 2 data center in Mississippi, a configuration that has triggered a lawsuit over whether the company is circumventing standard power plant regulations.
The core legal dispute centers o...