U.S. Moves To Intervene In, Dismiss NAACP CAA Suit Over XAI Data Center

( June 30, 2026, 8:48 AM EDT) -- OXFORD, Miss. —  The United States filed a motion “to intervene as of right as a plaintiff and to dismiss” a federal lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People against xAI Corp. and an energy infrastructure affiliate under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and state permitting laws over construction and operation of dozens of gas combustion turbines that power a Memphis, Tenn., data center, contending that the suit could threaten national security, as well as “artificial intelligence innovation, plus the energy needed to power it.”...