Elon Musk buys houses: tenants forgotten in deals with xAI
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In Mississippi, xAI is buying houses near its data centers in exchange for waivers of certain legal remedies. For tenants like Danielle Dillard, the sales can mean forced relocation. Near Elon Musk's data centers in Mississippi, homeowners are receiving offers to sell their homes to a xAI subsidiary. The contracts provide for a waiver of certain remedies related to the nuisances of the neighboring plant. But when a homeowner sells, the tenants do not receive the transaction price. Some report having to quickly find another roof. In Southaven, the conflict over artificial intelligence takes on the very concrete face of housing and family life. Danielle Dillard lives in Southaven, Mississippi, not far from the plant powering the computer facilities associated with Elon Musk's company. This mother of four was not looking to move. Yet, according to accounts she shared with local channel Action News 5 and the outlet Mississippi Today, her landlord agreed to sell the home she occupies to the company linked to xAI, and then told her she had sixty days to leave. She had recently extended her lease, she recounts. The replacement housing mentioned by her landlord was about twenty-five minutes away and did not offer comparable conditions, according to her account. With three school-aged children living with her, changing neighborhoods is not just a matter of moving furniture. Budgets...
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