The Department of Justice filed a motion on Monday to dismiss the NAACP’s lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI over unpermitted natural gas turbines at a Mississippi data center, arguing that shutting down the facility’s power supply would directly threaten American national security. The filing marks a striking federal intervention in what began as an environmental complaint, and raises hard questions about how the government balances clean-air enforcement with the military’s growing dependence on artificial intelligence.
The DOJ joined xAI and the state of Mississippi in requesting dismissal of the suit, which targets the company’s Colossus 2 data center in Southaven, Mississippi. Breitbart News reported that the government’s memorandum warns that forcing xAI to cease operating the gas turbines powering the facility would directly threaten ongoing national security interests.
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