The NAACP calls local officers to stop Colossus operations, the “supercomputer” facility that Xai operates in Elon Musk in South Memphis.
As Reported to NBC NewsLeaders from civil rights group sent a letter Thursday To the Shelby County Health Department and Memphis light gas and water criticizing the organizations’ “Lackadaisical approach to the operation of this dirty data center” and calling on them to “issue an emergency order, to at least cite and stop the company from allegedly violating cleans Air Laws.
The letter stated specific concerns around the gas turbines operated by Xai to Colossus power. The company has applied for a permit to Continue operating 15 gas turbines At the facility, although the NAACP says the authorities “allowed XAI to operate at least 35 gas turbines without permission” last year. City officials used to say that Xai does not require permits for the first year of the turbines.
These turbines reportedly emptying dangerous air pollutantsincluding formaldehyde, in levels of excess of EPA limits. The NAACP letter also taught Oxrogen-Nitrogen-Ox emissions
It is noted that the Colossus facility is located in the South Memphis’ busotown’s Boxtown’s vicinity as a “historical industry that increases pollution that does not cause the problem.”
“Instead of (The Selby County Health Department) working to reduce health issues known in the area including ITAA cancer risks to operate above the law,” in addition to the NAACP.
The NAACP letter is discussed by the Direct Direct Department of NACT County Michelle Taylor, as well as Memphis light gas and water commissioners; Taylor is left his paper In Shelby county to be commissioner of Baltimore City Department.
TechCrunch reaches the NAACP and XAI for comment. A spokesman for Memphis Light Gas and Water tells News News that it has not received the NAACP letter.
