Trump administration seeks to halt air pollution lawsuit against xAI data

The US government has intervened on the side of Elon Musk’s xAI in a legal dispute over the environmental impact of a $20bn data centre in Mississippi, claiming that efforts to block the project threaten national security.

In a court motion filed this week, the US Department of Justice requested the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing xAI of illegally operating dozens of natural gas turbines erected...