Southaven
Coverage of Southaven in the Nexus archive.
- Mississippi officer involved in fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley was once accused of exaggerating threat posed by a car
A Mississippi police officer, Hunter Foster, involved in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart was previously accused of exaggerating threats during a 2019 parking lot confrontation. Surveillance footage from that incident showed no evidence of the vehicle posing the danger Foster claimed, leading to a federal lawsuit settled in 2022.
- Mississippi residents sued xAI and SpaceX over noise from a data center power plant
Mississippi residents filed a class action lawsuit against xAI and SpaceX over noise from a gas-fired power plant in Southaven. The lawsuit represents an estimated 10,000 residents near the facility.
- Elon Musk’s xAI adds more unpermitted gas generators for data centers
Elon Musk's data center company, xAI, has more than doubled the number of unchecked natural gas generators at its Southaven facility. The expansion occurred since the company's arrival in the area.
- NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis
The NAACP filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging illegal toxic emissions from a datacenter in Southaven, Mississippi, which violates the Clean Air Act. The suit claims unpermitted methane gas generators are polluting Black communities near Memphis, with environmental groups supporting the NAACP's legal action.