xAI reportedly offered to buy Mississippi homes in exchange for dropping lawsuit
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xAI subsidiary MZX reportedly offered to buy hundreds of homes in a Southaven, Mississippi, neighborhood if owners do not join a lawsuit filed by three residents against the company’s data center and power plant. According to The Guardian, a realtor reportedly told one resident that xAI plans to buy 418 homes and that 18 homeowners already intend to sell; residents accuse the facilities of producing “near-constant noise” and vibrations. The Verge reported the offer, citing The Guardian.
A letter obtained by the Mississippi Free Press says MZX denies the allegations but requires buyers to sign a release of possible claims related to the plant and the lawsuit. Renters in the area say they are receiving 60 days’ notice after their landlords agreed to sell. xAI is also facing a lawsuit from the NAACP, which accuses it of operating unpermitted gas turbines in Southaven.
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If confirmed, the proposed deal would tie the sale of hundreds of homes to waiving possible claims related to the facilities and lawsuit. That could shift the dispute’s effects onto homeowners and renters, while the company denies the allegations and faces another lawsuit from the NAACP.
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