Projects
xAI Colossus supercomputer (former Electrolux plant)
Memphis, Shelby County
for xAI (Grok chatbot)
🕒 July 2, 2025: The Shelby County Health Department gave xAI an air permit for 15 gas turbines on Paul R…
Built & runningxAI Colossus 2 campus on Tulane Road (Whitehaven)
Memphis, Shelby County
79 acres · for xAI (Grok chatbot)
🕒 Jan 2026: Colossus 2 came online.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being built5C AI data center at former Fred's headquarters
Memphis, Shelby County
🕒 June 2026: Records showed 5C MEM01 LLC bought the property for $25 million.
Status unclearConnect Data Centers on South Mendenhall Road
Memphis, Shelby County
🕒 May 2023: Oppidan filed with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development fo…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Memphis
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 · Memphis
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.
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