密西西比州一名联邦法官拒绝驳回全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）针对xAI的《清洁空气法》诉讼。该案涉及为其Colossus 2数据中心供电的燃气涡轮机。法官德布拉·M·布朗周五裁定，这些涡轮机不属于“移动源”，因此不豁免空气排放许可。
A federal judge in Mississippi has refused to throw out the NAACP’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI. The case is over the gas turbines that power its Colossus 2 data centre. Judge Debra M. Brown ruled on Friday that the turbines are not exempt from air permits as “mobile sources”.
她还驳回了xAI的论点，即根据《清洁空气法》由公民团体提起的诉讼违宪。地球正义组织与南方环境法律中心代表NAACP出庭。它们公布了法院意见书和关于该裁决的声明。xAI现在是SpaceX的一部分。
She also rejected xAI’s argument that lawsuits brought by citizen groups under the Clean Air Act are unconstitutional. Earthjustice represents the NAACP with the Southern Environmental Law Center. It published the court’s opinion and a statement on the ruling. xAI is now part of SpaceX.
“由于公民诉讼原告以自己的名义、为自身利益起诉，并寻求能够弥补自身损害的处罚，他们并未行使联邦政府的行政权力。”——法官德布拉·M·布朗在其意见书中写道。
“Because citizen suit plaintiffs sue on their own behalf, in their own name, and seek penalties that redress harm to themselves, they are not exercising the federal government’s executive power.”Judge Debra M. Brown, in her opinion What the NAACP claims The NAACP and its Mississippi State Conference sued xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech in April.
NAACP的主张：NAACP及其密西西比州分会于四月起诉xAI及其子公司MZX Tech。起诉状称，这些公司在2025年8月至12月期间在南海文工厂安装了燃气涡轮机，未取得许可。起诉状称，到四月，涡轮机数量至少有27台，合计可产生至少495兆瓦的电力。
The complaint says the companies installed gas turbines at the Southaven plant between August and December 2025 without permits. By April there were at least 27 turbines, the complaint says. Together they can generate at least 495 megawatts.
NAACP称，这些涡轮机每年可能排放约1700吨氮氧化物，这是造成烟雾的主要原因。它要求法院下令采取污染控制措施，并寻求每项违规行为每天最高124,426美元的民事罚款。
The NAACP says they could emit about 1,700 tons of nitrogen oxides a year, a main cause of smog. It wants a court to order pollution controls. It also seeks civil penalties of up to $124,426 a day for each violation.
xAI的辩护：2025年7月，密西西比州环境监管机构告知xAI，这些涡轮机可豁免许可。监管机构称其为“移动源”，因为每台涡轮机都安装在拖车上；同时称其为“临时设施”，因为每台涡轮机停留时间不足12个月。公司称其依据了这一观点。
xAI’s defence In July 2025, Mississippi’s environmental regulator told xAI the turbines would be exempt from permits. It called them mobile, because each sat on a trailer. It also called them temporary, because each would stay less than 12 months. The company argued it relied on that view.
法官认定，监管机构已“公平地”告知了xAI其立场。但她表示，法院不受其约束。她写道，根据密西西比州方案所采纳的联邦规则，该工厂不属于移动源。SpaceX尚未就该裁决公开发表评论。
The judge found the regulator had “fairly notified” xAI of its position. But she said the court was not bound by it. Under the federal rules that Mississippi’s plan adopts, the plant is not a mobile source, she wrote. SpaceX has not commented publicly on the ruling.
政府的尝试 同一法院于10月19日裁定反对美国司法部。该部门此前要求法院驳回此案，并在6月曾支持xAI。法院允许该部门加入此案，但不允许其终结此案，南方环境法律中心表示。
The government’s attempt The same court ruled against the US Justice Department on 19 October. The department had asked it to dismiss the case, after it backed xAI in June. The court let the department join the case but not end it, the Southern Environmental Law Center said.
法院尚未就全国有色人种协进会申请初步禁令一事作出裁决。工厂附近的居民还提起了一起噪音集体诉讼，xAI已提出从放弃索赔的业主手中购买附近住宅。
The court has yet to rule on the NAACP’s request for a preliminary injunction. Residents near the plant have also filed a noise class action, and xAI has offered to buy nearby homes from owners who drop their claims.
周二，10个美国州的选民将就限制数据中心的措施进行投票，Courtney Rozen为路透社报道。
On Tuesday, voters in 10 US states will decide on measures to limit data centres, Courtney Rozen reported for Reuters.
“法院已多次驳回xAI和司法部试图驳回全国有色人种协进会《清洁空气法》案件的尝试。”——全国有色人种协进会环境与气候正义主任阿布雷·康纳在一份声明中表示。
“The courts have repeatedly rejected attempts by xAI and the DOJ to dismiss the NAACP’s Clean Air Act case.”Abre’ Conner, NAACP director of environmental and climate justice, in a statement