Country regulators granted yesterday’s XAI licenses for the operation of 15 turbines natural gases at its center of data outside Memphis, despite the threat of a trial.
Elon Musk’s AI Company operates up to 35 generators without licenses, the South Environmental Law Center (SELC) said. Overall, they are capable of producing up to 421 megawatts of electricity. Legal organization said it would sue XAI for violations of fresh air law on behalf of NAACP.
The company recently raised $ 10 billion, divided evenly between debt and equality.
THE permission Issued by the Shelby County Health Department says that XAI can operate 15 SMT-30s solar generators with some emissions, which can create up to 247 megawatts. The company has already operated eight of the same model without licenses, according to SELC, although the team added that the functions have proper pollution controls.
Under the conditions of the license, XAI will still be allowed to emit significant amounts of pollution on a 12 -month rolling base, including 87 tonnes forming cloud no.x94 tonnes of carbon monoxide, 85 tonnes of volatile organic compounds, 73 tonnes of pollution particles and nearly 14 tonnes of dangerous air pollutants, including 9.8 tonnes of formaldehyde, well -known carcinogenic. The Company is obliged to maintain its own emission records.
Before issuing the license, a Community team of Memphis said he had $ 250,000 in chapters to pay for an independent air quality study.
The city of Memphis carried out its own air quality tests in June, though SELC raised several concerns about how the tests were performed.
The test contractor did not measure ozone levels, the SELC noted and the tests took place on the days when the wind was blowing XAI’s pollution away from the two closest test positions. The contractor also put the test equipment either directly against or within walking distance of the buildings, which can interfere with the results.
Previously, the Health Department claimant That he did not have the power to allow “mobile” gas turbines if he was in operation for less than 364 days, saying that under these circumstances, SOE was the relevant regulatory authority. The SELC stated that the interpretation of the law was “wrong” and the letter that justified the inaction was “without any legal analysis”.
