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A People’s History of the Fight Against xAI
Community leaders in South Memphis take on xAI's Colossus 1 data center after the Greater Memphis Chamber announces the project without public input in 2024. MCAP, the NAACP and the […]
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Analyzing air pollution health, economic risks from AI data centers
Harvard biostatistician Michael Cork estimates $53 million to $99 million in annual health damages from air pollution at a single Virginia data center. His analyses across facilities in Virginia, West […]
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Across the US, Activists Are Organizing to Oppose Data Centers
Organizers in Tucson block Amazon's bid for public water to cool a 290-acre desert data center after the city council votes against land annexation. MediaJustice's report "The People Say No" […]
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NAACP Resolution: Data Centers Impact on Energy Demand
NAACP resolution addresses data center energy burdens across six states, xAI's 35 unpermitted gas turbines in Memphis, and AI queries consuming four to five times more energy than standard searches. […]
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Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power
Secret utility contracts and rate-formula loopholes shift Big Tech's power infrastructure costs onto household electric bills across multiple states. Harvard Law School's Electricity Law Initiative examines how Amazon, Google, Meta […]
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Thermal Drone Footage Shows Musk’s AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Regulations
A Floodlight visual investigation reveals that xAI is operating more than a dozen unpermitted gas turbines at its facility in Southaven, Mississippi, to power its data centers, in violation of […]
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Data Centers Impact on Energy Demand
A 2025 NAACP resolution addressing data centers' impact on energy demand, water resources, and frontline communities. The resolution calls for community benefits agreements, congressional legislation mandating transparency in water and […]
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Compute and Consequence: AI Energy Demand in a Rapidly Evolving Grid Landscape
This As You Sow report examines how the AI-driven data center boom is fueling expansion of fossil gas plants and extending coal retirements, creating serious financial, regulatory, and climate risks […]
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Musk’s AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi
Residents of Southaven, Mississippi, are fighting noise and air pollution from 27 methane gas turbines that Elon Musk's xAI installed to power AI data centers at a former power plant […]
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Canton Residents Raise Concerns About Amazon AI Data Center
Residents of Canton, Mississippi's Idlebriar neighborhood describe worsening dust, noise, traffic, and air quality since Amazon began constructing a massive data center campus less than 200 yards from their homes. […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms
State: Mississippi
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Analyzing air pollution health, economic risks from AI data centers
Harvard biostatistician Michael Cork estimates $53 million to $99 million in annual health damages from air pollution at a single Virginia data center. His analyses across facilities in Virginia, West […]