Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits
Summary
A federal judge has denied an attempt by Donald Trump to dismiss a lawsuit concerning alleged air pollution from a large Memphis data center. The legal challenge targets unpermitted gas turbines used to power the facility operated by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence venture.
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI is stuck facing a lawsuit over alleged data center pollution after Donald Trump failed to convince a judge that his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has complete control over all Clean Air Act lawsuits and can dismiss any suit at whim. Soon after unpermitted gas turbines were discovered powering Musk’s giant Colossus data center in Memphis, Tennessee, the…
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