{"id":986364,"date":"2026-01-19T11:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=986364"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:19:25","slug":"elon-musks-xai-data-centres-rapid-construction-may-face-problem-with-this-updated-us-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/19\/elon-musks-xai-data-centres-rapid-construction-may-face-problem-with-this-updated-us-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s xAI data centre\u2019s rapid construction may face \u2018problem&#8217; with this updated US law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed a loophole that was reportedly exploited by Elon Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence startup xAI. The previous rule helped the company to rapidly build its first data centre in Memphis, Tennessee, a report claims. According to a CNBC report, the company built an off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility using a cluster of gas-burning turbines and avoided air pollution permitting by classifying the turbines, mounted on trailers, as &#8220;non-road engines&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA&#8217;s updated rule clarifies that these turbines cannot be designated as non-road engines, and companies must also obtain Clean Air Act permits before installing them, particularly if their aggregate emissions exceed \u201cmajor source thresholds\u201d of pollution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed a loophole that was reportedly exploited by Elon Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence startup xAI. The previous rule helped the company to rapidly build its first data centre in Memphis, Tennessee, a report claims. According to a CNBC report, the company built an off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility using a cluster of gas-burning turbines and avoided air pollution permitting by classifying the turbines, mounted on trailers, as &#8220;non-road engines&#8221;. The EPA&#8217;s updated rule clarifies that these turbines cannot be designated as non-road engines, and companies must also obtain Clean Air Act permits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}