SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) – An Ohio-based contracting company has officially filed new liens alleging $431 million in unpaid work for constructing properties for SpaceXAI in Southaven, Mississippi.
Darana Hybrid filed four new liens against MZX Tech, a company Elon Musk uses to manage his data center footprint, on Wednesday in DeSoto County Chancery Court.
Darryl Cuttell, CEO of Darana Hybrid, said his company helped build Elon Musk’s data center facilities in Memphis and Southaven. But after the merger between SpaceX and xAI, he said his company’s invoices stopped getting paid.(IHRA / AP)
Court documents allege that Musk’s subsidiaries owe Darana Hybrid north of $600 million total for labor, services, equipment and materials used to build SpaceXAI’s two facilities in Memphis and two facilities in Southaven.
The liens filed Wednesday refer to unpaid work at the Southaven properties: the data center on Stateline Road and the power plant on Stanton Road.
Darana’s CEO, Darryl Cuttell, said his company is owed $431 million for his company’s work in Southaven, and $136 million for his company’s work in Memphis.
SpaceXAI is a product of xAI merging with SpaceX earlier this year.
Cuttell said his company’s working relationship with xAI was solid until the merger. After that, he said, his invoices stopped getting paid.
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