Several Mississippi homes have been purchased near datacenters and one resident said realtor outlined target to buy more than 400
People in a Mississippi neighborhood, many of whom dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer – to sell their houses to his company and make way.
Real estate agents have been going door to door in Southaven, Mississippi, on behalf of xAI, Musk’s AI company that was folded into the SpaceX entity in February, touting a deal to purchase houses as long as the owners agree to not join a lawsuit against the company over the power plant’s noise.
This plan could potentially swallow up almost the entire neighborhood of Colonial Hills, on the western flank of Southaven. A realtor told one resident there is a target to purchase 418 homes, with 18 homeowners already agreeing to sell, according to a recording of a conversation heard by the Guardian. xAI did not respond to questions over these numbers and its plans for the neighborhood and has previously said it intends to be be a good neighbor; it denies all claims in the noise lawsuit.
They could make these data centers quieter using ground source heat pumps, they could also build up solar farms to power them.
But they won’t do that unless they are forced to.
It’s not unreasonable to insist that companies be good neighbors. Especially when those companies are in the business of taking your jobs away and creating a surveillance state.
Exactly. The only reason corporations stopped dumping cadmium in the water is because they were forced to under threat of prosecution.
They could also put them further out away from existing homes. This doesn’t solve the noise issue in the environment, but it does solve the human neighbors complaining.
But they won’t do that unless they are forced to.
They won’t do that even if they are forced to. dickMusk and his ilk only answer to the oil barrons.
Building solar farms and batteries to make these massive DCs fully renewable isnt practical unfortunately.
We’re talking bigger than the biggest one ever made in the USA by multiples to keep the power on 24/7, the size of Austin and maybe bigger, with a battery farm dwarfing even that in scale (not land size, but ever built).
They should still try to make as much of it solar, but ultimately its going to need a grid connect or alternative source at the same power for when the sun is down as these things always run near peak.
Edit: this is really what nuclear is perfect for. Constant high baseload.
Edit: limiting peak loads to sun times could help, but something like that would require legislation as thats downtime on deprecating hardware.
You can build and run data centers to be quiet and not guzzle water, it is just cheaper up front for them to do these quick and dirty data centers because they don’t give a damn.
The more people agree to sell on this…
The more everyone else gets from the lawsuit. And the way these always work, is every round of offers increases. One lone holdout can end up getting as much as the first 100 who sold combined.
Even just for purely selfish reasons, taking the initial offer is the dumbest thing you can do
Easy to say when it’s not your home that you’re living in and attempting to raise a family in. It’s not your time and mental and emotional energy being absorbed by lawsuits and no doubt threats by these large companies.
I totally agree with you, but unfortunately standing up for rights, even your own rights, can be more costly than it would be worth to you personally. We as a society greatly benefit when people are willing to take up the fight, but it’s not always easy.
No SpaceX had been pretty consistently low balling all the people forced out of boca chica and paying them but not enough to get a similar house in a new location with costs rising.
And the way these always work, is every round of offers increases. One lone holdout can end up getting as much as the first 100 who sold combined.
I mean…
I thought it was pretty clear that starts with lowball offers…
But that’s just me overestimating people again
No, they weren’t in a hurry . Look up boca chica, they consistently held to a low value the whole time. This isn’t buying land to build something, they can tolerate people not taking it In the end some people got more money only because the actual value of the land increased because it was unllivable but people could watch SpaceX launches. This will only go down in property value.
I dont know if you’re trying to do a bit due to your user name or just genuinely don’t understand this and think you do…
But in any case I’m not going to accidentally waste time trying to explain anything to you again
Why is noise mitigation not the first solution? Surely they aren’t permitted to make so much noise with residents nearby. You shouldn’t have to be coerced into selling while giving up the right to sue for something they aren’t allowed to do.
Because there are more than permitted running and walls don’t block that deep low vibration humming very well.
He is just offering people money and make them homeless. Maybe offer them homes in similar place so they can still live together as single community. But what to expect from soul less person.
Turn the housing into prison areas for people like Musk who cause misery. No ear plugs allowed. The only game they can play is Monopoly, and the whole place is surrounded by robot dogs who attack when they sense that prisoner’s microchips have passed the perimeter.
They can only get food using SNAP benefits, so they can hust go without when it gets cut. Need health care? Get fucked!
Enjoy the bad air quality too, what a travesty all for greed and love of money. Enjoy!
They are selling their house, so that means they are leaving right?
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As though it’s trivial to uproot your life and potentially leave a family home. No regard for nearby work, school, friends, or family.
How about the company does what it should be doing and obeys the law. I understand if people want to or do end up taking the deal, but acting like that is a viable solution to a business flagrantly violating the law is a clear misunderstanding of the entire point of laws.
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Toss sugar in the concrete during construction. Much simpler.
Data centers also need Air Conditioning. I hear AC units don’t like Cocktails.
I’m all for giving up “your” land for the greater good, like for railroads, but this is Elon mf Musk wanting to build more AI child porn factories, so no, don’t ever give him anything for any price
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