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Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
Publisher description: Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gone in.
TechCrunch | Aug 30, 2026 | Connie Loizos
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The limiting factor for nat gas turbine production is casting the blades & vanes. In Memphis, where SpaceX has run gas turbines to power its Colossus data centers since 2024, the NAACP has repeatedly accused the company of operating turbines without the permits or pollution controls required by federal law. The same fight is playing out anywhere gas turbines have become the default fix for data center power shortages.
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