Im Rechenzentrum Colossus 2 wurden ohne Genehmigung 59 Erdgasturbinen installiert. Berichten zufolge wirken sich Tausende Tonnen Schadstoffe Berichten zufolge auf schwarze Gemeinden in Mississippi aus, die bereits unter erhöhten Lungenkrankheitsraten leiden
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/elon-musks-colossus-2-data-center-installed-59-natural-gas-turbines-without-permission-report-claims-thousands-of-tons-of-pollutants-reportedly-impact-black-communities-in-mississippi-already-suffering-from-elevated-lung-disease-rates
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Down with techno-libertarianism and trch oligarchs, they only care about making us live in impoverishment while they pollut our air all for what, increase the capital gain they souly need knowing it will never fulfill their sad insignificance excuse for their lost happiness. Truly disappointing.
This is a disgrace.
Why should local communities have to suffer because a billionaire decided he could do whatever he wanted?
Is there a competition to burn the planet as fast as possible and nobody told me?
No billionaires were adversely affected by this event so it’s a no-news thing
Shut it down.
No permits?
Shut it down.
Senator: „All fellow members of the Roman Senate, hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich, or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose, and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?“
The Senate: „F*** the poor!“
Senator: „Good.“
Permission or forgiveness
Can they do this without a permit? Where is the law? I hope they get a hefty fine.
Aaaaaannd now, they want to hijack reservations for their land for data centers as well 😒😒😒
Exciting that every day gets to eb the preamble to a simple dystopian movie without any of the morality play.
Mississippi government wanted this not the people. Why don’t we just put it right next door to them and have those guys drink the water and breathe the air right by the thing?
„So, ladies and gentlemen, we have AI, we have solar power, we have wind, we have battery technology, and we have the ability to create closed-loop cooling systems. We can build a practical data center and energy-producing system that will be self-sustaining and cost-effective.“
„Nah, it’ll cut into our profit margins.“
Jesus fucking Christ. I hope these communities sue the living shit out of these companies.
Humanity does not need ai data centers
It’s not even true artificial intelligence ffs.
Wow! I can’t wait for absolutely nothing to happen to the company.
Gas company should shut the valves.
So… if they did it without permission, they have to remove them, right?
Burn it down. I’m really no fan of violence, but something needs to change.
Article is a rewrite of the original Reuters article here: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/pollution-musks-unpermitted-xai-power-project-hits-hardest-black-communities-2026-07-14/
Shit like this is why libertarians are wrong about everything.
Bro, when I was a kid, my dads neighbor cut down a tree that was part of a river bank, on his property, that was within the setback the EPA deemed protected. We noticed it, neighbors noticed it, but we saw the trees every day. One tree, in a row of literally dozens. If you didnt look at it every day you wouldnt have known. Within a week he received a visit from the EPA and was fined and forced to re-plant a tree in that location (of course much smaller, so he got to keep his improved water view). One tree.
How the fuck do you build 59 gas turbines that are not approved and no one notices. These massive buildings are subject to repeated inspections. How do you show up to a building site, look at the plans, and go hmm…. dont see those numerous large buildings on this plan, what are those?????
Dawg if I put up a shed without permission and the assessor catches it I get an order to get a permit or tear down the shed. I hope landowners in this area use this as an excuse to improve their land as they please with no permit, put the pressure on the state. Hell a good lawyer team could use this as a case for ignoring any zoning laws, no?
WE’RE BACK IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION LETS GOOOOOOOOOO. Because Crack Cocaine wasn’t enough now we doubling down with Pollution.
I do work without a permit on my house and I could be fined out the ass and could have to undo the improvements. That’s what local laws say. Sounds like they should have to do exactly that.
The placement of health hazards in poor and minority communities is one of the most incidious and covert forms of racism. Effecting all future generations with their complete disregard for human life.
If we had made the transition to renewables a decade or more sooner, and kept nuclear in the portfolio, this would literally not be a problem.
Instead, we have Big Oil profiting even more from the further deterioration of the planet.
It’s seems to me that naming an AI data center [Colossus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project) is just tempting fate.
No permits? Shut it down.
What’s the problem?
Exactly what Mississippi residents voted for
Who’s gonna stop him!? He knows minorities are considered 2nd class citizens to the majority of white people. They dont always have to say it, their actions speak volumes.
The federal government is trying to get a citizen brought lawsuit thrown out because they do not give a fuck about black people. They’re running an experiment on how data centers affect the human body. No different than how the Dr’s experiments on Black people back in the day.
So sick of this fuckery
You make more money doing whatever you want and then just paying fees. Nobody has been forcing them to tear it all down
Fines are irrelevant to zillion dollar companies.
Jail time is needed
“It’s easier to apologize than to ask permission” in action. Reprehensible isn’t strong enough of a word.
Most Americans are very proud to live in the most capitalist society. No?
Disgusting. Clearly they did all this knowing they weren’t supposed to. And they are going to fight tooth and nail against any attempt to stop them.
**Elon Musk**’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines **without permission**, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact Black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates
Creating a racist propaganda bot ànd pollute black communities? This data center is Elon’s dream come true.
They’re basically just exterminating poor people with extra steps
This is a violent action set against the lower class and poor communities.
It’s cheaper to pay the fine and purchase a pardon than obey the law. This is why the billionaire class wanted Trump back into office so badly
Cool.
Nothing will be done about this.
Maybe we Americans should stop voting in fascists. 77 million of us thought it was a good idea.
A small fine, you say?
**Just to be clear.** The blame also falls on **Google** and **Anthropic** who both pay elon musk billions of dollars to do this harm to black communities and black children.
This has been the approach of big tech for many years: Just do what you want, and profit from it while the bureaucracy catches up, and then fight it in court. Even if ruled illegal and fined, usually a profit is made.
Steeper penalties seem to be required to establish effective deterrence.
Shut it down…
Prosecute. Prosecute. Prosecute. The offendors not the protestors.
It’s amazing so many publicly dangerous yet mechanically sensitive things aren’t well protected