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Trump Department of Justice moves to dismiss air pollution lawsuit against xAI's Colossus data center in Memphis.

Regulatory relief for Elon Musk's AI facility removes environmental litigation risk; signals permitting accelerates for national-security-framed data center projects.
Trade pressSlicast · July 2, 2026 at 19:09 UTC · US · Source: MSN
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