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Conceptual AI-generated black-and-white photograph of a small 1960s brick house with closed blinds and an empty driveway, with a row of industrial gas turbines and exhaust stacks rising behind the rooftops.
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The Price of Not Suing

October 29th, 2026 | By Jorge Rodriguez

Real estate agents working for xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, have been going door to door in Colonial Hills, a neighborhood of 1960s homes in Southaven, Mississippi, offering to buy houses near the gas-fired power plant that feeds its data centers. The offer has a condition. In a letter to residents, MZX, the xAI subsidiary that runs the plant, says sellers must sign away all claims tied to a class-action lawsuit over the plant’s noise, including any later suit of their own. Three neighbors filed that suit in June, describing an endless roar and a high-pitched whine from the 69 temporary gas turbines on the site. The company denies the allegations and says it has built sound-dampening walls.

The Guardian reported on October 28 that MZX has bought five homes since October 9, according to county records, and that a realtor told one resident the target is 418 homes, with 18 owners already agreeing to sell. xAI did not answer questions about those figures. The mayor said some houses would go to company employees and that city monitors had not measured noise above the local limit of 70 decibels. Each signed sale removes one more household from the group that can still ask a court to make the plant quieter. Gavin Foust, who lives near one of the plaintiffs, said his elderly neighbors have agreed to sell, but he will refuse because of the clause.

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El precio de no demandar

Octubre 29, 2026 | Por R10

Agentes inmobiliarios que trabajan para xAI, la empresa de inteligencia artificial de Elon Musk, han ido de puerta en puerta por Colonial Hills, un barrio de casas de los años sesenta en Southaven, Misisipi, ofreciendo comprar viviendas cercanas a la planta de gas que alimenta sus centros de datos. La oferta tiene una condición. En una carta a los vecinos, MZX, la filial de xAI que opera la planta, exige que quienes vendan renuncien a toda reclamación ligada a una demanda colectiva por el ruido de la planta, incluida cualquier demanda propia en el futuro. Tres vecinos presentaron esa demanda en junio y describen un rugido constante y un zumbido agudo de las 69 turbinas de gas temporales del lugar. La empresa niega las acusaciones y dice que levantó muros para amortiguar el sonido.

The Guardian informó el 28 de octubre que MZX ha comprado cinco casas desde el 9 de octubre, según los registros del condado, y que un agente inmobiliario le dijo a una vecina que el objetivo son 418 viviendas y que 18 propietarios ya aceptaron vender. xAI no respondió a las preguntas sobre esas cifras. El alcalde dijo que parte de las casas serán para empleados y que los medidores municipales no han registrado ruido por encima del límite local de 70 decibelios. Cada venta firmada saca a un hogar más del grupo que todavía puede pedir a un tribunal que la planta haga menos ruido. Gavin Foust, que vive cerca de uno de los demandantes, contó que sus vecinos mayores aceptaron vender, pero él rechazará la oferta por esa cláusula.

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