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          "title": "Illegal Pollution from Data Center Power Plants Shouldn’t Harm Our Communities. We’re Suing xAI. - Earthjustice",
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          "title": "Elon Musk's data centers are pushing out a family that's owned land since \"before people of color were allowed to\" - CBS News",
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          "title": "Mississippi family says Musk's data center build out is forcing them off land farmed for generations - Yahoo",
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          "title": "SPCX Stock In Focus: SpaceX Reportedly Pulls Rocket Executives Into Data Centers After Tennessee, Mississippi Problems - Stocktwits",
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          "title": "Mississippi homeowners decry noisy data center plant: \"I feel like I'm being tortured\" - CBS News",
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          "title": "A battle over data centers heats up along the Mississippi-Tennessee state line - Tennessee Lookout",
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          "title": "A data center moratorium in Memphis won't stop the booming SpaceXAI business in Mississippi - Daily Memphian",
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          "title": "Class Action Lawsuit Against xAI, SpaceX, and MZX Tech Over Alleged Noise Pollution | Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.",
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          "title": "Video shows noise coming from data center in Mississippi - NBC News",
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          "title": "SpaceXAI shuts off 11 temporary turbines powering Southaven data center - SuperTalk Mississippi Media",
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          "summary": "SpaceXAI facility at 2875 Stanton Road in Southaven operating with multiple jet engines powering natural gas turbines",
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          "summary": "A third SpaceXAI data center named Minihard was confirmed in July 2026",
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          "summary": "The plant will replace 69 temporary turbines with 41 permanent turbines over the course of a year",
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