# xAI offers to buy Southaven homes if residents drop noise lawsuit

> Original title: ‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise

- Source: The Guardian · AI
- Published: 2026-10-28T11:30:01.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/i9lbd9fqla7p53lxwm1fsn4dq
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/datacenter-noise-lawsuit-elon-musk-mississippi

## Summary

xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, has had real estate agents offer to buy homes in Southaven, Mississippi, on condition that owners do not join a lawsuit over noise from a nearby power plant. A realtor told one resident the target is 418 homes, with 18 owners already agreed to sell, according to a recording heard by the Guardian. xAI did not respond to questions about these numbers and denies all claims in the noise lawsuit.