[foobarian]

I wonder if they are more than happy to let someone else take on the burden of the massive writedowns that are bound to hit in a couple of years.

[no-name-here]

Burden in terms of tax implications, or in terms of the investment possibly not being profitable?

[jeffbee]

Perhaps. It also seems to insulate Google from the risk that air quality regulators will be unexpectedly reinvigorated, while still providing to Google the benefits of xAI's lawlessness.