Naacp calls local officials to stop operations in Colossus, “Supercomputer” object that managed Elon Musk Xai in South Memphis.
As Reported to NBC NewsLeaders from the Group for Civil Rights sent a letter on Thursday To the Shelby County Health Department and Memphis Light Gas and Water Criticizing The Organizations’ “Lackadaisical Approach To The Operation of this Dirty Data Center” And Calling On Them To “Issue An Emergency Order for Xai To Stop Operations Completely” – Or If There’s No Order, To At Least Cite And Stop The Company from Allegedly Violinating Clean Air Laws.
The letter expressed special concerns about the gas turbines that KSAI leads to Power Colossus. The company filed a permit request Continue work 15 gas turbine In the facility, although Naacp said the authorities “allowed the XAI to manage at least 35 gas turbines without any permits” over the past year. The city officials previously said the CSAY did not need permission for the first year of use of turbines.
These turbines supposedly broadcast dangerous air pollutersIncluding formaldehyde, at levels higher than EPA boundaries. The Naacpa letter also pointed to the turbine nitrogen emissions.
With the assets that the tracked facility is nearby, which is described as a “historical black community”, said the location states “the trend of industry adding pollution to communities that do not cause the problem.”
“Instead of a decrease in Health Issues in the Area County, including the risks of cancer have already been able to work above the law,” Naacp added.
The NAACP letter addressed the Shelby County Michelle Taylor Health Department, as well as gas and watercourse commissioners; Taylor is leaving your role In the Shelby County to become the Commissioner of the City Department of Baltimore.
Techcrunch reached Naacp and Xai for comment. A spokesman for a memphis of light gas and water said NBC news that the NAACP letter had not yet received.
