xAI is running 59 unpermitted gas turbines, twice what it has admitted
THE SO WHAT
Running 59 unpermitted turbines near communities that are ~94% Black turns AI power procurement into a social license issue, not just an engineering one. Datacenter operators should be mapping environmental justice exposure alongside grid, water, and land constraints.
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