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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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I spent two years testing wind power at home - here's why solar is still my preferred source (zdnet.com)

2026-04-13 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: solar power, wind turbines, plug-in solar

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After two years of testing, wind power still can't replace solar for me - here's why (zdnet.com)

2026-04-08 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: solar, wind turbines, solar generators

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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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Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-25 | by Tim De Chant | get Rocket Turbine Model Kit → | tags: rocket turbomachinery, arbor energy, gridmarket

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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

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This Startup Wants to Tuck Data Centers Beneath Offshore Wind Turbines (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-05 | get Data Center → | tags: aikido technologies, offshore wind turbines, ai industry

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Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center (cnbc.com)

2026-02-13 | by Lora Kolodny | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: environmental, memphis, musk

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U.S. govt says Musk's gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Gas turbines → | tags: generators, grid, power

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EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally used (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-16 | by Tim De Chant | get Natural Gas Generators → | tags: centers, data centers, operating

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Supersonic airline outfit Boom unveils turbine for AI data centers — 42 MW Superpower turbine uses the same tech designed to power Concorde successor to Mach 1.7 at 60,000 ft (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-10 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Turbine → | tags: boom, power, superpower

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Musk’s xAI to build small solar farm adjacent to Colossus data center (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-26 | by Tim De Chant | get Solar Farm → | tags: center, data center, power

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Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: groups, naacp, schd

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Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Mcdermott Is A Reporter On The Associated Press Climate | get Meta Quest → | tags: energy, meygen, said

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xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get art supplies → | tags: department, health, permit

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Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI (wired.com)

2025-10-31 | by Molly Taft | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: air, health, memphis

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xAI is facing a lawsuit for operating over 400 MW of gas turbines without permits (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Tim De Chant | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: air, said, selc