{"id":31486,"date":"2026-06-22T15:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2026\/06\/22\/the-unlikely-role-of-operation-epic-fury-in-a-mississippi-ai-data-center-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:41:44","slug":"the-unlikely-role-of-operation-epic-fury-in-a-mississippi-ai-data-center-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/06\/22\/the-unlikely-role-of-operation-epic-fury-in-a-mississippi-ai-data-center-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"The unlikely role of Operation Epic Fury in a Mississippi AI data center lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Defense Department official disclosed that U.S. forces used Elon Musk\u2019s Grok AI tool to help deploy \u201cover 2,000 munitions to 2,000 distinct targets\u201d during the first four days of combat operations in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disclosure offered a glimpse into how generative AI is being used by the military. It came in a court filing supporting the Justice Department\u2019s effort to dismiss a lawsuit targeting a Mississippi power plant, also owned by Musk, that supplies electricity to data centers used to run the AI system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cameron Stanley, the Defense Department\u2019s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, made the disclosure in a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1R7u92WzOmjzaxSSm2LyCdwNMt1JihRFP\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">statement<\/a> filed in support of the government\u2019s motion. He called the example \u201ca testament to the greatly increased operational efficiency made possible by the Grok Gov Model.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that if the lawsuit succeeds in shutting down the power plant, Grok\u2019s parent company, xAI, would lose capacity to train and develop future versions of the AI tool. \u201cAnd if xAI is hindered from continuing to improve and upgrade Grok, including the Grok Gov Model, [the Department of Defense\u2019s] ability to meet its national security mission and keep pace with adversaries will be impaired,\u201d Stanley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Stanley did not elaborate on how military operators used Grok during combat missions, he instead described it as a \u201ccritical national security\u201d tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor example, it is deployed in Maven Smart Systems (MSS) to support vital national security missions, including targeting, intelligence, readiness, and recruitment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stanley explained that MSS users process nearly two billion tokens on the Defense Department\u2019s top-secret network each day. Tokens are units used to measure AI processing. \u201cThis amount of AI usage is roughly equivalent to 1.5 billion words or up to 6 million pages of text being processed by the technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"1077\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/G8EF1OXWgAUxgjM.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/G8EF1OXWgAUxgjM.jpeg.jpg 597w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/G8EF1OXWgAUxgjM.jpeg.jpg?resize=166,300 166w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/G8EF1OXWgAUxgjM.jpeg.jpg?resize=568,1024 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tesla Megapacks at the xAI data center. (xAI Memphis\/X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Justice Department filed Stanley\u2019s statement alongside its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1446141\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">motion<\/a> on June 15. In the filing, government attorneys argued the lawsuit \u201cthreatens American national, economic, and energy security by seeking to shut off the power supply for artificial-intelligence innovation that supports the Department of Defense\u2019s military operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selc.org\/news\/xai-built-an-illegal-power-plant-to-power-its-data-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">lawsuit<\/a>, filed in April by the NAACP and its Mississippi chapter, alleges that xAI and MZX Tech failed to obtain required permits before installing and operating 27 gas-powered turbines at a facility in Southaven, Mississippi, roughly 13 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The facility, known as the Colossus Gas Plant, powers two data centers \u2014 Colossus I and Colossus II \u2014 used to operate the Grok chatbot. The complaint said xAI also plans to build a third data center closer to the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organizations argued the turbines are operating without adequate pollution controls and are emitting harmful pollutants that pose risks to public health. They say the facility operates near an area with \u201ctens of thousands of people\u201d and has the potential to emit more than 1,700 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They contend that a Clean Air Act permit would require the plant to use the \u201cbest available control technology,\u201d or BACT, to reduce emissions to acceptable levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHad Defendants obtained a permit, they would have been held to this standard,\u201d the complaint said. \u201cBy simply not applying for \u2014 or receiving \u2014 a permit, xAI and MZX Tech have avoided subjecting these twenty-seven unpermitted turbines to a BACT determination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said the Justice Department intervened because enforcement of federal law falls to the executive branch, not private interest groups. \u201cThe Department of Justice is committed to maintaining that constitutional order while protecting national security and promoting American energy and innovation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Department officials added in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-files-intervene-and-dismiss-lawsuit-would-hamper-americas-ai-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">press release<\/a> that the state of Mississippi is charged with administering the permitting program and decided no permit was required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Gustafson, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, said the government \u201cwill not sit idly by while private organizations use environmental laws to undermine our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, officials with <a 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isn\u2019t about national security,\u201d said Laura Thoms, director of enforcement for Earthjustice. \u201cIt\u2019s a desperate attempt to protect wealthy corporations like xAI from obeying our bedrock environmental laws.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, the Defense Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ai.mil\/Latest\/News-Press\/PR-View\/Article\/4242822\/cdao-announces-partnerships-with-frontier-ai-companies-to-address-national-secu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">awarded<\/a> xAI \u2014 along with other AI companies \u2014 a contract of up to $200 million for developing \u201cagentic AI workflows across a variety of mission areas.\u201d Around that same time, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">revealed<\/a> its plan for integrating AI into workflows across the federal government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kym Meyer, SELC\u2019s 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