NAACP calls for Memphis officials to stop operations at the “Furnit Data Center” from Xai

NAACP calls on local officials to stop operations in Colossus, the “supercar” computers “, which is run by Elon Musk in southern Memphis.

like It was reported in NBC NewsLeaders from the Civil Rights Group Send a message Thursday To the Ministry of Health in Shelby Province and Memphis Light Gas and the water that criticizes “the active approach to organizations to operate this dirty data center” and invites them to “issue an emergency order for XAI to completely stop the operations” – or if there is no matter, to refer to the company at least from violating the alleged clean air laws.

The letter expressed special concerns about the Xai gas turbines to Colossus. The company applied for a permit to Continue running 15 gas turbines In the facility, although NAAC said the authorities “allowed Xai to operate at least 35 gas turbines without any permit” during the past year. City officials have already said that Xai did not need permits for the first year of turbines.

These turbines And according to what was reported from the dangerous air pollutantsIncluding formaldehyde, at levels that exceed the borders of EPA. NAACP also indicated the emissions of turbocharged nitrogen oxide.

Noting that the Colossus facility is located near the South Memphis’ Boxtown neighborhood, which the message described as a “historical black community”, NAACP said that the site perpetuates “the direction of industries in addition to pollution to societies that do not cause the problem.”

NAACP added: “Instead of (the Ministry of Health in Shelby Province), which works to reduce the well -known health problems in the region, including that the risk of cancer is already four times the national average, it allowed Xai to work above the law.”

NAACP letter is directed to the director of the Ministry of Health in the Shelbei Michel Taylor Province, in addition to the Memphis Light Commissioners and water; Taylor is Leaving In Shelby Province, to become a delegate of the Ministry of Health in Baltimore.

Techcrunch communicate with NAACP and XAI to comment. A spokesman for Memphis Light Gas and Water told NBC News that he had not yet received a NAAC speech.