Elon Musk’s Xai is the subject of control in Memphis, where natural guest turbines that drive his Colossus datacenter have led alarm among residents who are concerned about air pollution.
On Tuesday, the city of Memphis has the Results of the first tests of the air quality Performed by a third party and said that levels of the 10 contaminating substances tested were not dangerous. But the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), which threatens to sue Xai on behalf of the NAACP, said that the tests have omitted an important polluting substance, Ozone, also known as Smog.
“It is unclear why the city would not test for this harmful polluting substance,” Selc said in a statement.
The testing was carried out on 13 and 16 June at three locations: the center of Memphis, the Whitehaven district and the neighborhood of Boxtown. The nearest site, Boxtown, is two miles east of Xai. The sampling equipment ran between ten and 13 hours.
On the test dates, it was unlikely that the winds would wear pollutants to the locations. On June 13Winds in Memphis were from the south and southwest. On June 16They were from the south. The only location northwest of Xai is in the city center.
Formaldehyde was detected there, although it within the Expected reach For an urban area. The town hall, where the sampling took place, is just over eight miles from the Xai data center.
The SELC had the problem with the way the testing was performed. In addition to omitting Ozone, the test company placed De Monitors in Boxtown and Whitehaven directly against buildings, which can disrupt the results.
The EPA orders That air sensors must be “at least six feet above ground level, the roof or other objects and away from obstacles, vegetation or emission sources that would disturb the measurement.”
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