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Sunday 1 November 2026

Judge refuses to toss NAACP pollution suit against xAI

A Mississippi federal court on 30 October refused to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act suit over the Southaven turbines powering Grok's Colossus 2.

Nico Park Sunday 1 November 2026, open calendar5 min read

Southaven, Mississippi, where xAI runs gas turbines for its Colossus data centres, in a 2020 file photo. Photo: Chillin662 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, modified

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A federal judge in Mississippi has refused to throw out the NAACP's pollution lawsuit against Elon Musk's AI company. The case, over the gas turbines that power the Colossus supercomputers behind Grok, will now go ahead.

A brick welcome sign reading Southaven Top of Mississippi beside the I 55 highway — Southaven, Mississippi, where xAI runs gas turbines for its Colossus data centres, in a 2020 file photo. Photo: Chillin662 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, modified

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