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So even when xAI (which is now Tesla? Or SpaceX maybe?) was "operating dozens of unregulated gas turbines that worsen the air quality in one of the most polluted parts of the country"[0] this didn't place them above this new Amazon not-even-built-yet data center? Are they competing who can destroy the earth the fastest or what's going on?

- [0] https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-ov...



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You think Amazon shouldn’t get in trouble for this because someone else did it first?


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Who knows.?

You’re not wrong that an average person would be in trouble with the law if they took even remotely the same action.

One could also ask where’s the EPA, since they openly acknowledged laws were being broken back in January. [1]

But xAI has added more turbines since it started years ago, and the water recycling plant is paused [2].

As for doing something about all of this, I suspect it’s even less likely now that Anthropic is using it for compute [3].

1. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/pollution-musks-unper...

2. https://wreg.com/news/local/xai-memphis/xai-puts-water-recyc...

3. https://x.ai/news/anthropic-compute-partnership


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I do indeed. Do you know that severe violations of civil law sometimes amount of up to criminal law, especially if there is evidence of criminal intent or "knowing" violations of the law but proceeding anyway?

This is the case for lots of things. Negligence can turn into "reckless disregard for human life", breach of contract could amount to fraud, and many other cases.


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> The NAACP claims don't amount to facts.

If that were true, I doubt the DOJ would step in and attempt to squash the lawsuit

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administratio...


Indeed, but they do amount to "suspicion" and are worth investigating instead of saying "Lets wait years until the courts decided if it is or isn't actually polluting" and not shutting it down until they've clearly demonstrated it being safe or not.




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