Connect Data Centers on South Mendenhall Road
Also called: Oppidan Memphis data center, Connect Memphis
Minnesota developer Oppidan filed plans in 2023 for a one-story, 99,000-square-foot data center on South Mendenhall Road in Memphis. It was supposed to open in 2025. It is marketed as Connect Data Centers.
Where things stand: Plans were filed in 2023 with a goal to open in 2025. We could not find an official or news source that says it is open.
🕒 Latest update (May 2023): Oppidan filed with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development for a 99,000-square-foot, one-story data center.
What we know
- 📍 Where3900 S. Mendenhall Road, southeast Memphis, Memphis, Shelby County
- 🏢 CompanyOppidan
❓ Still unanswered
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- Is the Mendenhall Road data center open, and who uses it? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many megawatts does it use? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- May 2023Oppidan filed with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development for a 99,000-square-foot, one-story data center.
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Memphis City Council is voting on a one-year pause on new data centers and AI or crypto computing sites. During the pause the city would not process rezonings, site plans or building permits for them. Existing data centers that do not expand are exempt. It passed the second of three votes unanimously on Sept. 1, 2026. The final vote was delayed twice; on Oct. 6 the council voted 7-5 to push it to Oct. 20, 2026.
⚖️ Court case
The Southern Environmental Law Center, for the NAACP and Young, Gifted & Green, appealed the Shelby County Health Department's air permit that lets xAI run 15 gas turbines at its South Memphis data center. They also object to how the department handled dozens of turbines that ran without a permit. We did not find a decision.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Oppidan submits paperwork for a 99,000 sq ft data center in Memphis, Tennessee · Baxtel · May 5, 2023
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