A team of researchers from the University of Memphis on Tuesday posed a challenge to activists' claims about the level of pollution around the artificial intelligence (AI) facilities operated by xAI in Memphis, which recently received permission to install permanent natural gas turbines, when they said Musk's company has "minimally" changed the amount of total pollution in the city. 

The analysis by University of Memphis professors Chunrong Jia, Abu Mohammed Naser Titu, and postdoctoral researcher Namuun Batbaatar, was published on Tuesday by The Conversation. The experts wrote that their model showed the poor air quality in Memphis "got only slightly worse" after Musk's company began using temporary turbines in September 2024.

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