AI datacenters and the power plants that fuel them are wreaking havoc on local communities, causing incessant noise and vibration, escalating toxic emissions, harming the water supply, and increasing electricity costs.

On September 23, 2026, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel filed a federal class action lawsuit in Tennessee on behalf of southern Memphis residents impacted by the massive hyperscale data centers that Elon Musk’s xAI company built to power its supercomputers and chatbot. Residents allege that the loud data centers, and the gas-turbine power plant that fuels them, have interfered with their ability to use and enjoy their properties, diminished their property values, and deposited dust, ash, and other particulate matter onto their properties.

Data center concerns raised by Memphis residents track those that arose after Elon Musk’s company, xAI, recently built a power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, to power nearby AI data centers — without air permits, oversight, and with little concern for families living nearby. Gas turbines — like the ones used at xAI’s Southaven power plant — cause dangerous levels of noise and pump out smog-forming pollution, fine particulate matter, and hazardous chemicals. These pollutants are tied to increases in asthma, respiratory diseases, heart problems, and certain cancers.

Residents in the Southaven area have sued Grok AI alleging not only nuisance, reduced property values and increased energy costs to residents, but also injuries relating to unrelenting noise and vibration as well as the release of known carcinogens and other toxic particulates into the community.

If you or a family member’s property or quality of life are affected by Memphis-area data center and turbine plant infrastructure, please use the form on this page to reach out today to an environmental rights lawyer at Lieff Cabraser about your case and potential recovery.

The national plaintiffs’-side law firm of Lieff Cabraser possesses the expertise and financial resources to thoroughly investigate environmental cases and hold the defendants accountable. For over 50 years, we have successfully prosecuted cases against many of the world’s most powerful corporations, obtaining compensation for families and property owners harmed by toxic environmental exposures. We represented victims of the 1989 Exxon-Valdez oil spill in Alaska, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the 2015 Plains oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, the Huntington Beach oil spill in 2021, and the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment. We are currently advancing cases aimed at fixing chronic hazardous water supply problems in Benton Harbor, Michigan and Jackson, Mississippi, and assisting the California Attorney General in climate change litigation on behalf of all Californians.