# xAI offers to buy 418 homes near noisy Mississippi data centre

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/xai-is-buying-out-homeowners-who-promise-not-to-sue-over-data-center-noise/
- Published: 2026-10-28T14:44:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T15:09:19+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1020596/xai-mississippi-neighborhood-data-center-lawsuit
- Topics: Business, Companies

## Key points

- xAI is offering to buy 418 Southaven homes.
- Sellers must release claims linked to a residents’ lawsuit.
- Renters report being given 60 days to leave.

## Summary

An xAI subsidiary is offering to buy homes in a Southaven, Mississippi, neighbourhood, provided owners release claims linked to a lawsuit over noise and vibrations from its nearby data centre and power plant. The offer matters because it could affect residents’ ability to pursue legal remedies, while renters in the area have reportedly received 60 days’ notice to leave after their landlords agreed to sell.

A realtor reportedly said the company plans to buy 418 homes, with 18 owners already planning to sell. Three residents have sued, alleging near-constant noise and vibrations from the site’s gas-fired turbines. xAI is also facing a separate NAACP lawsuit over allegedly unpermitted methane turbines, as well as potential environmental penalties and claims of unpaid bills related to its Memphis and Southaven projects.

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