--- title: xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes if owners drop noise... description: xAI's subsidiary MZX Tech is offering to buy homes near its Southaven, Mississippi power plant if owners drop noise-related lawsuit claims. The target is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xai-offers-to-buy-mississippi-homes-if-owners-drop-noise-claims-tuurn968r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes if owners drop noise claims | daily.dev og:description: xAI's subsidiary MZX Tech is offering to buy homes near its Southaven, Mississippi power plant if owners drop noise-related lawsuit claims. The target is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xai-offers-to-buy-mississippi-homes-if-owners-drop-noise-claims-tuurn968r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TUURN968r.png og:image:alt: xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes if owners drop noise claims og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes if owners drop noise claims **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary xAI's subsidiary MZX Tech is offering to buy homes near its Southaven, Mississippi power plant if owners drop noise-related lawsuit claims. The target is reportedly 418 homes in the Colonial Hills neighbourhood, and 18 owners have already agreed to sell. The plant runs 69 temporary gas turbines powering xAI's data centers in Southaven and Memphis. Residents suing over noise and health harms want to represent over 10,000 people who've lived nearby since August 2025. Mississippi regulators could also fine the company up to $6.1 million for building data centers before obtaining stormwater permits. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why is xAI buying homes near its Southaven, Mississippi data center? xAI's subsidiary MZX Tech is offering to purchase homes in the Colonial Hills neighborhood from residents who agree to drop claims in a noise lawsuit against the company. The letter describes the offer as 'fully voluntary' and does not disclose the purchase price, though area homes sell for about $180,000 on average. A realtor said the target is 418 homes, with 18 owners already agreeing to sell. _Tracking how AI data center buildouts clash with local communities? daily.dev surfaces stories like this one._ ### How many gas turbines does xAI run at its Mississippi data center plant? The plant runs 69 temporary gas turbines, which power xAI's data centers in Southaven, Mississippi and nearby Memphis, Tennessee. The site was a former Duke Energy location. In July, xAI agreed with state regulators to replace the temporary turbines with a permanent gas-fired plant by next summer, following earlier reporting that it was running unpermitted turbines. _Following the environmental and legal fallout of AI data center expansion? daily.dev keeps that story in view._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [xAI is running 59 unpermitted gas turbines, twice what it has admitted](https://daily.dev/posts/xai-is-running-59-unpermitted-gas-turbines-twice-what-it-has-admitted-o8vptwvtr) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [illegal solutions, today](https://daily.dev/posts/illegal-solutions-today-njhod5nle) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center](https://daily.dev/posts/musk-s-xai-is-running-nearly-50-gas-turbines-unchecked-at-its-mississippi-data-center-w9c22fmtn) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators. Now, it’s buying $2.8B more.](https://daily.dev/posts/musk-s-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-it-s-buying-2-8b-more--dxwxjlkcm) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Musk’s xAI to build small solar farm adjacent Colossus data center](https://daily.dev/posts/musk-s-xai-to-build-small-solar-farm-adjacent-colossus-data-center-mz68zhhkk) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-infrastructure) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/xai-offers-to-buy-mississippi-homes-if-owners-drop-noise-claims-tuurn968r) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes if owners drop noise claims","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xai-offers-to-buy-mississippi-homes-if-owners-drop-noise-claims-tuurn968r","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/xai-offers-to-buy-mississippi-homes-if-owners-drop-noise-claims-tuurn968r"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T14:30:36.370Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T14:31:08.616Z","description":"xAI's subsidiary MZX Tech is offering to buy homes near its Southaven, Mississippi power plant if owners drop noise-related lawsuit claims. 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