The NAACP is demanding local officials to stop operations in the “supercomputer” facility under Elon Musk’s Zee in southern Memphus.
As if Reported in NBC NewsLeader of the Civil Rights Group Sent a letter on Thursday Shelby County Health Department and Memphis Light Gas and Water have been criticized for criticizing the “extraordinary approach to the operation of this waste data center” and demanded that they issue an emergency order to completely stop the operations of Zai, if no order is violated, if no order is violated.
The letter expresses special concerns around the gas turbines, which run to Zee Power Colasus. The company has applied for a permit to operate 15 gas turbines at this facility, though NAACP has said that authorities have allowed Zee to operate at least 35 gas turbines without any permission in the past year. “City officials have previously said that Zee was not required for the first year of use.
These turbines Emitting hazardous air pollutionEPA levels, including formalized, including. The NAACP letter also identified the emissions of the nitrogen oxide of the turbines.
Noting that the convenience of collapses is located near the BocoSTown neighborhood of South Memphis, described as “historically black community”, NAACP said, “The place has maintained the trend of” pollution -additive industries in such industries that do not cause this problem. “
The NAACP added, “Instead of working to reduce health problems going to the area instead of (Shelby County Department of Health), it includes that cancer risks are already four times higher than the national average, allowing Zee to be overcome.”
The NAACP letter has been addressed by Michelle Taylor, director of the Shelby County Department of Health, as well as the commissioners of Memphis Light Gas and Water. Taylor is Leaving your character To become the Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department in Shelby County.
The Tech Crunch has reached the NAACP and Zee for comment. A spokesman for Memphis Light Gas and Water told NBC News that he had not yet received a letter from the NAACP.