SpaceXAI Loses Bid to Dismiss NAACP Suit Over 27 Mississippi Turbines
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Updated · CNBC · Oct 31
SpaceXAI Loses Bid to Dismiss NAACP Suit Over 27 Mississippi Turbines
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Oct 31
Summary
A federal judge in Mississippi let the NAACP's Clean Air Act case move forward, rejecting SpaceXAI's effort to throw out the lawsuit.
The suit alleges SpaceXAI and subsidiary MZX Tech installed and ran 27 gas-fired turbines in Southaven between August and December 2025 without air permits to power AI data centers.
Judge's opinion said the NAACP has standing, the turbines are not exempt "mobile sources" under Mississippi rules, and the Clean Air Act's citizen-suit provision is constitutional.
The ruling follows the same court's rejection about two weeks earlier of a Justice Department request to end the case, keeping scrutiny on SpaceXAI's Memphis-area Colossus project and planned Southaven power plant.