Former Fred's headquarters data center redevelopment
Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Undisclosed developer plans Former Fred's headquarters data center redevelopment, a data center in Memphis, TN. The record lists an estimated investment of $152 million. $152M redevelopment of former Fred's HQ into an AI/technology data center per WREG local reporting Reported 2025. [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] 5C MEM01 Inc. has obtained PILOT incentive approval and filed multiple construction permits (including $575M phase 4 permit as of October 2026), with initial $152M redevelopment underway at 4300 Getwell Road, former Fred's HQ in Memphis. Source: https://wreg.com/news/new-details-on-152m-data-center-planned-in-memphis/.
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Tennessee state legislation
- S731 - Utility tariff requirement for large data centersRequires electric public utilities to develop and submit a tariff for data centers with monthly demand of at least 100 MW.Download
- SB2653 - Tennessee Data Center Impact Review ActEstablishes an impact review process for data centers.Download
- HB1847 - Data center owner/operator infrastructure cost requirementRequires data center owners/operators to pay the full cost of infrastructure needed to support the data center.Download
- SB2112 - Data center registration and usage reportingRequires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue and utilities to report usage and rates.Download
- SB2128 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65, relative to data centers.Description comingDownload
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- Operator
- Undisclosed developer
- County
- Shelby County, TN
- Address
- Memphis, TN
- Stage
- Planned
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