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AI developer and Colossus compute provider

xAI / SpaceX Super Intelligence LLC

The current x.ai terms name SpaceX Super Intelligence LLC. The site's acquisition notice places xAI within SpaceX.

Dated commitments & changes

hearing notice

Mississippi posts notice of MZX permit evidentiary hearing

The notice schedules November 9 at 9 a.m. in Jackson, with continuation after the November 10 regular board meeting if needed.

Jackson hearing concerning Southaven permit 0680-00119hearing scheduled
Sources and context

Notice publication date; occurrence and outcome are not established by the notice. At November 10 retrieval, no ruling appeared in the inspected notice or 2026 minutes index.

litigation ruling

Court denies xAI and MZX motion to dismiss

ECF 139 allows the NAACP claims to proceed, rejecting the mobile-source exception argument and constitutional objections at the pleading stage.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippicase continues
Sources and context

Not a final liability judgment, penalty award or shutdown order. The July state agreement cannot be presented as settling the federal case.

regulatory disclosure

SpaceX discloses MZX stormwater notices and preliminary exposure

The Q3 filing reports August notices alleging land disturbance before permit coverage, with roughly $6.1 million preliminary claimed exposure across three sites and resolution discussions underway.

≈$6.1MPreliminary claimed exposurecompany disclosure of claimed regulatory exposurethree MZX sitesapproximately; preliminarySpace Exploration Technologies Corp. / SEC ↗
Three MZX sites in Mississippienforcement resolution pending as disclosed
Sources and context

The date records disclosure of the notice; a final fine, settlement or payment has not been established. Stormwater compliance and turbine air permitting are separate regulatory processes.

litigation ruling

Court permits U.S. intervention but rejects requested dismissal

The district court allowed United States intervention in the NAACP case and denied the rest of its amended motion.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippicase continues
Sources and context

ECF 135 addresses the government's motion, not final liability or the defendants' later dismissal decision.

regulatory order

MDEQ and MZX agree temporary-turbine retirement conditions

Order 7739 26 lists 69 temporary turbines, unit-specific retirement dates, biweekly reporting and testing; it bars new temporary units after July 15.

Stanton Road, Southaven, Mississippitemporary units subject to order
Sources and context

The state parties agreed operation had not violated Mississippi air-permit requirements; the later federal opinion rejected the mobile-source defense at dismissal. The December 31 deadline applies to SMT-130 units; other dates vary. Actual retirement compliance was not audited.

compute agreement

Anthropic contracts for Colossus 1 capacity

Anthropic agreed to use the full compute capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1. The provider also confirmed the agreement.

>300 MWCompute capacity made availablecontracted compute accessColossus 1; access targeted within Maygreater thanAnthropic ↗
Colossus 1, Memphis, Tennesseecontract announced
Sources and context

This reallocates access to an existing facility; it is not newly constructed national capacity. The handover date was not verified. The City of Memphis independently locates the facility; physical property ownership was not resolved.

litigation filed

NAACP plaintiffs file Southaven turbine lawsuit

The NAACP and its Mississippi conference sued X.AI Corp. and MZX Tech over alleged unpermitted gas-plant construction and operation.

Southaven power plant supplying Colossus 2 in Memphisclaims filed
Sources and context

Case 3:26-cv-00074; allegations are not adjudicated violations. The Tennessee compute site and Mississippi power site are distinct facilities.

permit issued

MDEQ issues MZX stationary-turbine construction permit

Permit 0680-00119 authorizes construction of the specified air-emissions equipment at Stanton Road, with 41 stationary gas turbines.

41 turbinesPermitted stationary turbinespermit equipment inventoryStanton Road permanent power plantspecifiedMississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board ↗
2875 Stanton Road, Southaven, Mississippiair construction permit issued
Sources and context

This is generation infrastructure supplying compute; it is not IT capacity or full campus approval. Permanent equipment is distinct from temporary turbines involved in the federal suit.