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Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-30 | by Connie Loizos | get Temtop M10 air quality monitor PM2.5 → | tags: spacex, starlink, gas turbines

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Microsoft-backed AI data center faces backlash over alleged unpermitted gas turbines and 1.5M-gallon LNG tank — groups' issues with $19.4B facility range from illegal construction to noise pollution (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-29 | by Jowi Morales | get Temtop M10 air quality monitor PM2.5 → | tags: microsoft, dataone, nvidia

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Computational ‘gym’ trains AI models to control turbulence (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Velte | tags: hydrogym, turbulence, ai models

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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Molly Taft | tags: amazon, texas power plant, gas turbines

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xAI, SpaceX, and the Race for AI Buildout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: center, data center, statement

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xAI Ignores Laws and Profits: Rules for Thee, Not for Me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: center, data center, statement

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SpaceX Vows to Keep Poisoning Nearby Towns With Its Fume-Belching Data Center For Another Year (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Frank Landymore | tags: spacex, elon musk, xai

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SpaceX Agrees to Remove Temporary Gas Turbines at Colossus Data Center By 2027 (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: spacex, elon musk, colossus data center

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SpaceXAI says it will take a year to fully remove unpermitted gas turbines from its Mississippi data center (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: spacex, spacexai, gas turbines

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SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim De Chant | tags: spacex, xai, gas turbines

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How to fight a data center (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Igor Bonifacic | tags: xai, spacex, data center

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Pentagon Says Drones Can Hide in Wind Farms, Freezing 155 Wind Projects (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: pentagon, drones, wind farms

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Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company (engadget.com)

2026-07-15 | by Anna Washenko | tags: center, data center, mobile

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SpaceXAI’s Unpermitted Data Center Power Project Impacts Black Communities, Analysis Finds (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: center, center near, data center

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Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-14 | by Jowi Morales | tags: colossus, nitrogen oxide, reuters

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Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact Black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-14 | by Jowi Morales | tags: colossus, nitrogen oxide, reuters

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How GE Vernova builds the massive gas turbines powering the AI data center boom (cnbc.com)

2026-06-27 | by Seema Mody | get GE Vernova Gas Turbine Model → | tags: ge vernova, gas turbines, hyperscalers

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An off-grid power project gets a major proof of concept. What it means for GE Vernova (cnbc.com)

2026-06-23 | by Morgan Chittum | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: ge vernova, chevron, ai data centers

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Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-22 | by Tim De Chant | tags: microsoft, chevron, ge vernova

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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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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, turbines

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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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Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-13 | by Tim De Chant | get Gas Turbine Model Kit → | tags: considered, plants, power