xAI offers to buy homes near datacenter amid noise complaints
The gist
An xAI subsidiary is offering to buy Southaven, Mississippi homes if owners release noise claims.
The buyouts could reshape a neighborhood and test how AI buildout handles opposition.
How it unfolded
- 2024 -07 onwardxAI builds three large facilities — Colossus I, Colossus II and Macrohardrr — as Musk pushes expansion of infrastructure supporting the Grok chatbot.
- 2026 -06Three Colonial Hills residents sue xAI and MZX Tech in federal court in Mississippi over 'near-constant' noise and vibrations from gas turbines; the complaint estimates more than 10,000 people live in the affected area.
- 2026 -07xAI agrees with state regulators to replace the temporary turbine setup with a newer permanent gas-fired facility by next summer, a step expected to reduce noise.