SpaceXAI Power Plant Noise Drives 4-Generation Southaven Family From 2-Acre Ancestral Land
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 25
SpaceXAI Power Plant Noise Drives 4-Generation Southaven Family From 2-Acre Ancestral Land
1 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 25
Summary
Krystal Polk said the roar from a power plant serving Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI data centers forced her family to leave their 2-acre Southaven property, ending plans to retire there and pass it to her children.
The plant’s 24/7 noise and feared turbine fumes have fueled local backlash: a Safe and Sound Coalition petition to shut it down has drawn more than 1,400 signatures, and residents say one installed sound wall brought little relief.
SpaceXAI says it is spending millions on sound walls and silencers, while an agreement with Mississippi regulators would replace 69 temporary turbines with 41 permanent ones over a year.
The dispute has widened into a legal and environmental fight after the NAACP sued xAI and MZX Tech in April over alleged harmful emissions; the Justice Department later moved to dismiss, citing national security.
As Musk’s Memphis-area AI buildout tops $20 billion, Polk said real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield also pursued her land for an unidentified client, an offer she rejected as not worth the property.