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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center<\/a> in Mississippi.<\/p>\n

The NAACP and other groups say Musk’s xAI subsidiary failed to get a permit for its power plant \u2014 which is located near homes, schools and churches \u2014 creating health risks for families<\/a> in North Mississippi and nearby Memphis and violating the federal Clean Air Act.<\/p>\n

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