xAI is buying out homeowners who promise not to sue over data center noise
xAI’s Southaven, Mississippi data center. | Photo by Brandon Dill / AFP via Getty Images A subsidiary of Elon Musk's xAI is offering to buy up homes in a Mississippi neighborhood, as long as residents don't join a lawsuit targeting the company's nearby data center and power plant, according to a report from The Guardian. A realtor going door-to-door in the Southaven neighborhood reportedly told one resident that xAI plans to purchase 418 homes, adding that 18 homeowners already
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A subsidiary of Elon Musk's xAI is offering to purchase hundreds of homes in a Mississippi neighborhood, with the condition that residents sign agreements releasing them from joining a lawsuit against the company's nearby data center and power plant. The offer comes after three residents filed a lawsuit accusing the facility of producing "near-constant noise" and vibrations. xAI is also facing legal action from the NAACP over unpermitted methane gas turbines at the site, and the company has been hit with potential civil penalties for environmental violations and claims of unpaid bills.
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