法官允许 NAACP 就 xAI 数据中心污染提起的诉讼继续推进
原标题:Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward
AI 摘要
美国联邦法官驳回 xAI 要求驳回 NAACP 诉讼的动议,允许这起指控其孟菲斯 Colossus 数据中心燃气轮机未取得必要空气许可、违反《清洁空气法》的诉讼继续推进。法官认定原告依《清洁空气法》具有起诉资格,且这些燃气轮机不属于密西西比州实施计划下的移动源。此案推进之际,公众对数据中心的反对情绪上升,纽约已通过新建数据中心暂停令,亚马逊和微软也承诺停止在与政府机构往来中使用保密协议。
正文节选
A federal judge denied a motion by xAI seeking to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit accusing the SpaceX-owned company of failing to obtain permits needed to operate the gas turbines powering its Colossus data center outside Memphis. Suing on behalf of the NAACP, the Southern Environmental Law Center said the AI company had “installed and operated at least 35 combustion turbines and other sources of air pollution at the Colossus site without ever obtaining the necessary preconstruction or operating air pe