美国联邦法官 Debra M. Brown 驳回了人工智能公司 xAI 提出的撤销诉讼请求，裁定针对其孟菲斯附近 Colossus 数据中心的环境违规指控案件将继续推进 1。此次诉讼由南方环境法律中心（Southern Environmental Law Center）代表 NAACP 提起，核心争议在于 xAI 被指控在未获得必要空气排放许可证的情况下，运营了至少 35 台燃气轮机及其他空气污染源，从而违反了《清洁空气法案》 1。
在裁决理由方面，法官认定原告具备法定起诉资格，并明确指出涉案涡轮机不属于可豁免许可的“移动源”设备 1。尽管 xAI 辩称相关设备为“移动源”且原告缺乏诉讼主体资格，但法官强调此类公民诉讼符合宪法规定 1。NAACP 环境气候正义总监 Abre’ Connor 参与了该案件的推动工作 1。这一司法进展发生在公众对数据中心环境影响关注度日益加剧的背景下，此前纽约州已通过禁止新建数据中心的相关法规 1。
A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss filed by SpaceX-owned artificial intelligence company xAI, allowing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to proceed with its lawsuit alleging violations of the Clean Air Act 1. The case centers on xAI’s Colossus data center located near Memphis, Tennessee, where plaintiffs claim the company operated at least 35 gas turbines and other air pollution sources without securing the necessary emissions permits 1.
United States District Judge Debra M. Brown ruled that the NAACP, represented in the litigation by the Southern Environmental Law Center, possesses legal standing to bring the suit 1. In her decision, Judge Brown rejected xAI’s defense that the turbines in question qualified as "mobile sources" exempt from permitting requirements, determining instead that they did not fall under this exclusion 1. The court also affirmed the constitutionality of the citizen suit brought against the tech giant 1.
Abre’ Connor, the NAACP’s director of environmental and climate justice, commented on the development amid a broader shift in public perception regarding the environmental impact of large-scale AI infrastructure 1. This ruling comes as local governments elsewhere, such as New York, have recently enacted moratoriums on new data center constructions due to similar concerns 1.
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