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Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates

The population of the communities surrounding the Colossus 2 site, which is in the center of a lawsuit involving unpermitted natural gas turbines and pollution, is predominantly black.

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Pollution from Elon Musk's unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

Potential emissions from the turbines are far beyond the threshold that would require a federal permit, and would be released near predominantly Black communities already estimated to be suffering disproportionately high rates of lung disease, according to a Reuters analysis based on government data and information in the correspondence with…

The Economic Times

U.S. gov't asks court to dismiss NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI over use of unpermitted gas turbines — DOJ says Grok model running at Colossus 2 ‘supports mission-critical operations’

The US government is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit from the NAACP, arguing that the Colossus 2 data center is crucial for national security. The data center runs the Grok Gov AI model, and the government claims a shutdown "directly threatens ongoing national security interests."

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Musk’s xAI wins permit for datacenter’s makeshift power plant despite backlash

Billionaire’s artificial intelligence company gets approval to run 41 methane gas turbines at its ‘Colossus 2’ in Mississippi

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk says xAI will have more AI compute than everyone else combined within five years — Macrohard-branded Colossus 2 data center a nod to Musk's AI project to challenge Microsoft

Elon Musk claimed on X that xAI will have more computing power than everyone else combined in less than five years.

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Musk's Net Worth Nears $500B Again as xAI Eyes $20 Billion Nvidia-Chip Deal for Colossus 2 Data Centre

Elon Musk's net worth is on an upward trend after steeply dropping from a record $500 billion weeks ago. His venture xAI is planning a mega chip deal with Nvidia to power its supersize data centre in Memphis.

International Business Times UK

Nvidia reportedly signs another blockbuster AI supply deal, this time with Elon Musk's xAI — investment will support $20 billion Colossus 2 Memphis project

Elon Musk’s AI venture xAI is preparing to raise roughly $20 billion through a mixture of equity and debt, with Nvidia playing a central role in the funding structure and chip supply.

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Nvidia Reportedly Bets $2 Billion On Elon Musk's xAI — And Its Own GPUs Will Fuel 'Colossus 2' Gigawatt-Scale AI Supercluster

Jensen Huang-led Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is reportedly investing as much as $2 billion in Elon Musk's AI company and Grok-parent xAI.

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