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Data center developers

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 15823 Report
Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

2026-05-24

U.S.-state-themed Facebook pages reportedly operated from Bangladesh shared purportedly AI-generated imagery opposing data-center development. The pages allegedly used local-sounding names to push hyperlocal grievance content into U.S. communities, making offshore engagement farming appear like grassroots opposition.

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Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 11449 Report
xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

2024-06-05

The xAI "Colossus" supercomputer facility in South Memphis allegedly runs 33 methane-powered turbines, despite a permit for only 15. The turbines reportedly power AI training for Grok. The facility's massive energy use and alleged unpermitted turbines reportedly produce extreme nitrogen oxide and formaldehyde emissions, adding toxic smog to a predominantly Black neighborhood already burdened by pollution and health risks.

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Incident 17091 Report
New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

2026-07-29

In July 2026, New Jersey inspectors found 62 unpermitted 2,000-kW natural-gas generators powering DataOne's Vineland data center, which has an agreement to provide AI computing power to Microsoft. The state later fined DataOne $1.07 million under the Air Pollution Control Act. Residents also reported persistent noise and raised concerns about air emissions; DataOne disputed the state's decision.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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xAI

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Data center operators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

South Memphis community

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

Residents with pre-existing health conditions

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

Residents living in the vicinity of the Colossus supercomputer

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

Predominantly Black communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

General public of Tennessee

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

Environmental quality

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

xAI Grok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

Unpermitted energy infrastructure

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

Methane gas turbines

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

Industrial emissions control

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

Energy infrastructure

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

Data centers

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

Colossus

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1144
    9 Reports

    xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

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Entity

Operators of inauthentic social media accounts

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Operators of AI-generated content farms

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Information manipulation actors in Bangladesh

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Information manipulation actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Synthetic media generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Synthetic image generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Threads users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Public AI infrastructure

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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People participating in U.S. AI policy debates

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Meta users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Instagram users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Facebook users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Communities debating AI data center development

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Threads

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Meta platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Instagram

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

Synthetic image generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1582
    3 Reports

    Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers

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Entity

DataOne

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

Residents living near data centers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

Public health

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

General public of New Jersey

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

Natural-gas generators

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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Entity

DataOne Vineland AI data center

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1709
    1 Report

    New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center

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