{"id":21967,"date":"2026-02-13T18:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouting-clean-air-regulations\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:37:25","slug":"a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouting-clean-air-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouting-clean-air-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A different set of rules\u2019: thermal drone footage shows Musk\u2019s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters<\/p>\n

Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by the Floodlight<\/a> newsroom shows. Thermal footage captured by Floodlight via drone shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Mississippi<\/a>, despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> (EPA) ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance.<\/p>\n

State regulators in Mississippi maintain that since the turbines are parked on tractor trailers, they don\u2019t require permits. However, the EPA has long maintained that such pollution sources require permits under the Clean Air Act.<\/p>\n

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\nImages confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters
\nElon Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by the Floodlight newsroom shows. Thermal footage captured by Floodlight via drone shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Mississippi, despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance.
\nState regulators in Mississippi maintain that since the turbines are parked on tractor trailers, they don\u2019t require permits. However, the EPA has long maintained that such pollution sources require permits under the Clean Air Act. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters Elon Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by the Floodlight newsroom shows. Thermal footage captured by Floodlight via drone shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in …<\/p>\n

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