SpaceXAI Says the First 11 of 69 Temporary Turbines Are Off. The Order Says All of Them by July 2027.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - SpaceXAI said Monday, August 31 that 11 temporary turbines at its Stanton Road facility in Southaven, Mississippi have been powered down, the first publicly stated progress figure under the agreed order that requires all 69 temporary mobile turbines removed from the site by July 2027, per Action News 5.

The 901 Report reported the removal commitment on August 3: the company entered an agreed order with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality establishing a fixed removal timeline for all 69 temporary turbines serving its Memphis-area operations. The company's own Memphis updates page states that removal would begin as early as August 2026, that all temporary turbines will be removed by July 2027, and that a permanent 1.2-gigawatt power plant with 41 turbines, authorized under a Clean Air Act permit granted in March 2026, will replace them.

"SpaceXAI remains committed to being a responsible neighbor and we'll continue to rapidly remove the temporary, mobile turbines over the next year as our new 1.2 GW power plant comes online under the Clean Air Act permit," the company said in the statement reported by Action News 5.

Two distinctions keep this milestone in proportion. First, shut down is not removed: the company's obligation under the agreed order is removal from the site, and the 11 turbines described Monday are powered down, not gone. Second, the count is the company's own statement. The agreed order with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is the enforceable document, and its milestone schedule, not the company's announcements, is the measure of compliance.

That leaves 58 temporary turbines at the site by the company's own arithmetic, operating while the permanent plant is constructed.

Why It Matters for Memphis

The temporary turbines have been the emissions question hanging over the company's Memphis-area operations since they were installed, and the removal timeline is the accountability instrument residents actually hold. A countable first milestone makes the rest of the schedule checkable: either the removals continue on the order's pace or they do not, and the order is a public record either way.

The Oversight Question

The company announced its own milestone. The agreed order belongs to a regulator. When the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality verifies progress, will it publish the verification?

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