On October 28, The Guardian reported that MZX Tech LLC offered to buy homes in Colonial Hills, Southaven, Mississippi, on the condition that owners not join Jason Haley’s noise lawsuit. Residents allege that turbines powering nearby data centers cause disruptive noise; xAI denies the lawsuit’s claims.

What the reported offer covers

The Guardian identified MZX Tech LLC as an xAI subsidiary and the reported offeror. The offer was tied to the noise case brought by Haley, a Southaven resident. The report described a condition on homeowners joining the lawsuit, not a court ruling about the noise allegations.

The three home counts have different meanings

A realtor reportedly described 418 homes as the buyout target and said 18 owners had agreed. Separately, The Guardian reported that DeSoto County property records showed five homes purchased by MZX since October 9, 2026. The 418 figure is a reported target, the 18 refers to owners said to have agreed, and the five is a reported purchase count.

What the lawsuit docket records

The complaint was filed on June 8, 2026. The docket lists Jason Haley, Preston Herrington, and Taylor Logsdon as plaintiffs, and MZX Tech LLC, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and X.AI Corp. as defendants.

On August 31, the court denied Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction as moot and lifted a stay. A separate motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim remained in the docket snapshot. Its last known filing, dated October 22, was the defendants’ responses and objections to the plaintiffs’ request to inspect property and designated objects.

Residents, xAI, and the city

Elizabeth Rose and Haley described a persistent sound they associated with the turbines and said it disrupted their sleep. Those are residents’ accounts; xAI denies the lawsuit’s allegations. Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite said city monitors had not detected a breach of the local 70-decibel noise limit.

Musselwhite described the reported purchases as serving multiple purposes, including housing some employees and acting as a goodwill gesture toward residents who viewed nearby industrial development negatively. He said a company town was not the intent.