In a highly unusual move, the Justice Department has asked a Mississippi court to throw out a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company xAI for its use of polluting gas turbines to power a data center.

In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI’s polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.

The US Justice Department intervened to back xAI in the NAACP's pollution suit, arguing Musk's gas-burning data centre is vital to military operations.