SpaceX faces House Energy Committee demand to tour its AI data centers in Memphis

House Energy Committee Democrat Frank Pallone is pressing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for records and a tour of the company’s AI data centers and power plants in Memphis, citing concerns over pollution, strained electric grids, and community health impacts. The article highlights growing public backlash against AI data center expansion, especially as big tech firms race to build capacity. SpaceX’s Memphis facilities, Colossus and Colossus 2, are described as central to Musk’s AI ambitions and equipped with Nvidia processors. The story may add regulatory and reputational pressure to SpaceX/xAI at a time when environmental lawsuits and state-level scrutiny of data center power use are intensifying. Broader market implications include heightened oversight of AI infrastructure spending, energy demand, and local permitting risks for companies building large-scale AI compute capacity.