Elon Musk · xAI · CBS News Technology
Mayor to homeowner losing sleep over data center plant: "Consider selling"
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It was 4 a.m. on a Sunday and 46-year-old Jason Haley was once again wide awake.
Key facts
- Southaven had a median household income of over $70,000 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, $20,000 more than the state average
- Musk's financial footprint has also extended beyond the data centers, MZX Tech donated over $1.3 million to the Southaven Police Department in February, according to the donation agreement obtained — It was 4 a.m. on a Sunday and 46-year-old Jason Haley was once again wide awake
- Musk's investment in the latest Southaven data center brings his company's contribution to the area to $20 billion, according to the office of Mississippi Gov
Summary
The suburban silence that Haley had grown used to in his two decades as a resident of Southaven, Mississippi, had, for the last few months, been replaced by a constant whirring, like an airplane hovering over his home, he said. The noise keeping Haley awake was coming from a plant powering Elon Musk's xAI data centers in the area, according to a lawsuit filed in June against the company and its subsidiary, MZX Tech. The filing comes amid growing resistance toward data center development, with most Americans opposing local construction of a data center, according to a Gallup poll published earlier this year.