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DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-16 | by Tim De Chant | get Gas Turbine Power Generator → | tags: xai, gas turbines, department of justice

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Justice Department backs xAI in NAACP lawsuit over data center pollution (engadget.com)

2026-06-16 | by Mariella Moon | get AI Data Center Cooling Fans → | tags: xai, methane gas turbines, naacp lawsuit

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DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit (wired.com)

2026-06-16 | by Molly Taft | get AI Security Toolkit → | tags: xai, elona musk, gas turbines

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People Living Near xAI’s Dirty Data Centers Are Furious About the SpaceX IPO (wired.com)

2026-06-11 | by Molly Taft | get SpaceX Starship Model Rocket → | tags: gas turbines, memphis, spacex

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SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Gas Turbines for AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-21 | get AI Data Center Gas Turbines → | tags: spacex, ipo, gas turbines

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SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers (wired.com)

2026-05-20 | by Paresh Dave | get Industrial Gas Turbine Model → | tags: spacex, gas turbines, ai data centers

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Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-20 | by Tim De Chant | get Tesla Powerwall → | tags: xai, elon musk, spacex

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xAI Got Sued Over Its Gas Turbines, so It Naturally Added More of Them (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-14 | get Gas Turbine Model Kit → | tags: xai, naacp, gas turbines

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Tech companies lobbied away stricter rules on gas-powered data centers (engadget.com)

2026-05-14 | by Steve Dent | get Green Data Center Cooling → | tags: amazon, meta, gas turbines

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xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit (wired.com)

2026-05-13 | by Molly Taft | get Gas Turbine Model Kit → | tags: gas turbines, mdeq, site

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Modern jet engine turbines: each blade a single crystal (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Single Crystal Turbine Blade Model → | tags: jet engine turbines, single crystal blades, alcoa howmet

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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-27 | by Tim De Chant | get Natural Gas Power Plant Model → | tags: natural gas, microsoft, meta

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New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations (slashdot.org)

2026-04-24 | get Green Energy Data Center Kit → | tags: gas turbines, data centers, greenhouse gases

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NAACP sues Elon Musk's xAI over Memphis data center air pollution (cnbc.com)

2026-04-14 | by Lora Kolodny | get Air Quality Monitoring Device → | tags: xai, memphis data center, gas turbines

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NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution (engadget.com)

2026-04-14 | get Eco-Friendly Data Center Kit → | tags: xai, spacex, colossus 2

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Has electricity decoupled from natural gas prices in Germany? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-07 | get Smart Electric Meter → | tags: gas prices, electricity market, renewable energy

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Small Engines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | get Small Engine Repair Kit → | tags: internal combustion engine, gas turbines, nickel-superalloys

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Planned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactors (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Anton Shilov | tags: softbank, ohio data center, nvidia rubin