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EPA: Elon’s methane-powered xAI datacenter illegally generating electricity

Rob Beschizza
Jan 19, 2026
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The Environmental Protection Agency found that the xAI datacenter in Tennessee is illegally using its methane gas turbines to generate electricity. The generators are not exempt from rules on air quality because they are “portable” or “temporary”, it declared Thursday, and federal law applies over the local loophole exploited by Elon Musk’…

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