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Unpermitted turbines are called vital because the model serves the military

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The Justice Department called xAI's unpermitted Memphis turbines vital because Grok serves the military, just as Washington let its data-center oversight law lapse.

Reporting date: 2026-06-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Unpermitted turbines are called vital because the model serves the military
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-06-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-17-unpermitted-turbines-called-vital
Claim: The Justice Department called xAI's unpermitted Memphis turbines vital because Grok serves the military, just as Washington let its data-center oversight law lapse.
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- Welcome to June 17, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-17-2026
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