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xAI Colossus

xAI Colossus is an operating data center in Memphis, TN. The facility is reported at 250 MW. xAI operates this data center at 3231 Paul R Lowry Road, Memphis, TN 38109. It opened in 2024 and has 250 MW of utility capacity.

250 MWPlanned capacity

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Operational

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Records and documentation

Shelby County Health Department Air Permit 01156-01PC (15 natural gas turbines, 247.2 MW)Approvalshelbytnhealth.comConstruction/operating air permit for the Colossus site turbines, issued July 2, 2025. Direct fetch was blocked (likely bot protection); URL sourced from an SELC press release citing the department's own link, permit number corroborated independently.Download
Memphis City Council Ordinance No. 5953 — xAI Property Tax Allocation / Community Benefit OrdinanceOrdinancememphistn.govPassed Aug 19, 2025 -- allocates 25% of city property tax on xAI/AI facility property (up to $100M) to public investments within 5 miles of the facility. The city's own mechanism, criticized by the NAACP as inadequate; not a co-signed agreement. Direct fetch returned 403; URL is on the city's own domain, ordinance number corroborated independently.Download
NAACP and Young, Gifted and Green (YGG) appeal of xAI turbine air permit (July 15, 2025)Documentcdn.arstechnica.netThe actual filed appeal to the Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board; denied 6-1 on Dec 16, 2025 citing mootness. Mirrored on a news CDN, not found directly on the county site.Download
38109 Community Benefits Survey / allocation planning page — City of MemphisDocumentmemphistn.govCity page for resident input on spending Ordinance 5953 funds (FY2026: $3.28M allocated) in the ZIP code near the Colossus facility.Download

Tennessee state legislation

S731 - Utility tariff requirement for large data centersLegislationdatacenterbans.comRequires 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 ActLegislationdatacenterbans.comEstablishes an impact review process for data centers.Download
HB1847 - Data center owner/operator infrastructure cost requirementLegislationdatacenterbans.comRequires data center owners/operators to pay the full cost of infrastructure needed to support the data center.Download
SB2112 - Data center registration and usage reportingLegislationdatacenterbans.comRequires 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.Legislationlegiscan.comComp. became Pub. Ch. 961 May 18, 2026Description comingDownload

Site details

Operator: xAI
County: Shelby County, TN
Capacity: 250 MW
Address: Memphis, TN
Stage: Operating

Size: not on file

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