The Colossus Data Center is run by Xai outside the Memphis facing a case of operating a fleet of natural gas turbines without permission.
“Last year, Xai installed and operated at least 35 subsusion turbines and other sources of air pollens or operating in the Colossus or Selcature Air Center (SELC) in Xai.
The legal group The letter was submitted for the NAACP. It serves an announcement for the purpose of SUD XAI for violation of clean air Act. The law requires organizations to submit such a letter 60 days advanced to filing a case.
Gas turbines have the potential to releases more than 2,000 tons of notX Every year, a group of chemicals contributed to Smog.
Memphis is “having some worst quality air in the region,” SELC notes. “In 2024, Memphis considers a capital asthma in the country by asthma and allergic foundation of America due to high rates of emergency room visits and deaths from asthma.”
SELC’s SELL XAI Failed to obtain permits Required by two federal and local regulators before installing generators. It also said that the company did not operate them with the proper control of air pollution. At one point, Xai has enough turbines to generate 421 megawatts of electricity.
Last Summer, the Selby County Health Department, in charge of local air pollution followed, “Revealers told the rural turbins on its site or on the legal basis of any example,” says Selc.
To find out what is happening on the Colossus site, the SELC pays a aerial photographer of Images of getting at March facility. Pictures revealed in Xai set 35 turbines around the perimeter of data center at time. Thermal pictures taken about a month later showed at least 33 of them operated, says Selc.
After images are taken, the big Memphis Chamber, a local economic development agency, said Xai took some turbines.
“Temporary natural gas turbines used in phase i phase i that GPUs before the GPID connection is currently demobilized and removed from the site in the next two months,” The Memphis Chamber As. “About Halfs of Operating Turbins remain” until a second subsporm completes the connection to the data centers, the organization has been added, and that once the replacement, the turbines will turn into backups.
But a flight of June 15 shows that at least 26 turbines remain, including three newly installed since the flight of April. The overall capacity of generating about 407 megawatts, only 14 megawatts is ashamed of the previous value.
“With few exceptions – no one is available here – new sources of criteria and other agrees in Tennessee air a permit to operate and repair dirties,” says SELC.
