Elon Musk lands in Memphis the week xAI faces a Clean Air Act lawsuit

Elon Musk flew from Los Angeles to Memphis on June 7, 2026, arriving aboard his Gulfstream G550, N272BG, after a short repositioning hop from the Memphis airport earlier that evening. The flight lands the same week the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the NAACP, filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue xAI for alleged Clean Air Act violations at its Colossus supercomputer facility, per a Commercial Appeal report.

The lawsuit centers on xAI's use of up to 35 natural gas turbines to power the supercomputer without required permits, with the SELC claiming the turbines emit pollutants linked to asthma and cancer. The Shelby County Health Department approved a permit for 15 turbines in May 2026, but the appeal was dismissed on mootness grounds. Musk has posted on X that Colossus 2, with 550,000 GPUs, is expected to come online soon.

This trip marks Musk's second known visit to Memphis in as many weeks, following an earlier flight on June 5. The xAI founder, who lives near Starbase, Texas, has been shuttling between his companies' facilities as xAI expands its Memphis footprint to three sites, demanding up to 2 gigawatts of electricity.