After months of backlash over alleged pollution concerns, xAI has finally secured an air permit covering some of the methane gas turbines powering its Colossus supercomputer data center in Memphis, Tennessee.

Shelby County Health Department has approved a permit for xAI's 15 natural gas turbines at the Paul R. Lowry Road site in Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Elon Musk has bought an overseas power plant to ship to Memphis for xAI, reports show. In a social media post made by Grok, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence system, Musk has "acquired a natural gas combined-cycle turbine power plant from overseas..."