title: Elon Musk's makeshift AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi. The 27 temporary gas turbines roar like jet engines day and night to power data centers, residents say. “This was not a thoughtful, phased development. It was an industrial surge imposed on our residential community.”
author: u/mafco
contenttype: redditpost
publication: r/energy
published: 2026-02-26T17:56:49+00:00
sourceurl: https://www.reddit.com/r/energy/comments/1rfh9j1/elonmusksmakeshiftaipowerplant_generates/
word_count: 62
Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/musks-ai-power-plant-generates-sound-fury-mississippi-rcna258594
Score: 1561 | Comments: 86 | Subreddit: r/energy
Top Comments
u/illuminatedtiger (8 pts):
Ever heard of civil disobedience?
u/Extension-Quarter385 (5 pts):
small price (for other people) to pay for non-consensual AI generated porn imagery! /s
u/[deleted] (14 pts):
You voted for this, Mississippi.
u/BlurryBigfoot74 (21 pts):
Republican Governor. 3 out of 4 Republican Congressmen. 2 Republican senators.
Of course it was built in Mississippi.
u/illonlyfadeaway (53 pts):
Hehe, sorry the poors don’t get to say no. Why do you think they build there?
u/Phyllis_Tine (35 pts):
I hope nobody flies drones overhead and drops something like sand in them. That would be a quiet shame, maybe.
Didn't Elon send illegally filled out voters' forms to residents to sign in Georgia, against election law?
u/lonbordin (21 pts):
If you aren't angry watch Benn's video about the infrasound these Data Centers emit.
https://youtu.be/_bP80DEAbuo
u/RR321 (36 pts):
Ukraine has developed a few solutions for that problem...
u/hotsaucebleucheese (34 pts):
“Temporary” gas turbines are going to become the norm for these data centers
u/justme_bne (30 pts):
“temporary” for the next 10 years
u/FishermanConnect9076 (34 pts):
Elon is a new kind of AI slumlord. Bang on the pipes to quiet things down.
u/jimquish (33 pts):
Pass a noise ordinance and include a 10 billion a day fine for ignoring the law
u/Mirrorsponge (7 pts):
Kudos for the Faulkner Reference. So close to Easter too.
u/Ulysses1978ii (29 pts):
Roar like jet engines, they are jet turbines!
u/tragedy_strikes (9 pts):
I remember reading an airport novel where the protagonist is shown to be sympathetic to environmental justice by having a mentor/friend who's a pacifist that lives off the grid and uses a sniper rifle to damage/deflate the massive tires of the dump trucks in the neighboring strip mine. The tires getting damaged are not only expensive to replace but also stop production which costs the mine lots of overhead.
u/FrontBench5406 (17 pts):
I would like to tell every person there that this is what you voted for.
u/Repulsive-Spend-49 (15 pts):
I HATE noise pollution…when somebody is running a gas powered leaf-blower outside it makes me cray-cray! I cannot even imagine what it’s like to live near this unholy beast who pollutes the audio spectrum 24-7! At least the leaf blower shuts off at some point! 😱
u/DigDigDig11 (14 pts):
I'm sure they'll find some way to blame Biden.
u/Dangermouse163 (29 pts):
And another red state community comes face to face with the consequences of their votes.
u/SpareDot8685 (14 pts):
Musk would care more about someone calling him fat than complaining about this problem
u/gadget850 (14 pts):
If they are anything like the gas turbine power stations I used in the Army, they are mega loud. And they ran through 40 gallons of JP-4 an hour.
u/good-luck-23 (14 pts):
If you vote for rascals you can't be surprised when they do rascally things. Especially when you expected they would only do them to people you don't like. Mississippi has a long and sordid history of environmental injustice, with systemic racism often leading to the concentration of hazardous conditions in predominantly Black and low-income communities. This includes chronic, underfunded water crises in cities like Jackson, industrial pollution, and neglect of infrastructure in minority areas. People calling foul on this one instance should look in the mirror to see who is blame if they voted Republican.
u/SpaceManSpiff_2 (15 pts):
Musk no doubt made the right "payments" to get permission for this,.
u/angry-democrat (7 pts):
Boycott Musk and Twitter and Tesla!
u/CommonSensei8 (10 pts):
Texans keeps voting for Poison.
u/Enchilada0374 (9 pts):
Reap what you sow
u/PianoPatient8168 (19 pts):
I thought republican/MAGA voters HATED regulation. It slows growth! Well, here’s what unregulated growth looks (and sounds and smells) like! Congratulations!
u/Commercial_Wind8212 (6 pts):
that's why they build them in the middle of nowhere
u/HarryBalsagna1776 (11 pts):
Those don't look temporary. That is probably their new normal.
u/greenhombre (20 pts):
Vote Republican if you want a regulation free state!
u/S14Ryan (11 pts):
Sounds like the residents have new shootin targets
u/Honest-Pepper8229 (12 pts):
This is how you create modern day Luddites.
u/thirdLeg51 (14 pts):
who would've thought the wolds richest man wouldn't care about people?
u/Working-Business-153 (10 pts):
I would not tolerate that were I in their shoes, I'll say no more than that.