5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01)
Memphis, Shelby County, TNDeveloper: 5C Data CentersCensus GEOID 47157
- Stage
- Being built
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Land, Buildings, Water
5C Data Centers is expanding its MEM01 facility at 4300 Getwell Road in the former Fred's corporate headquarters and distribution complex (1.1 million square foot site) from 20 MW to 84 MW using on site Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells and liquid cooled NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 NVL72 infrastructure under a $575 million Phase 4 alteration permit. It is being built; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.
How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Being built, ringed
- data center
- Smaller pins: 7 other published records in Tennessee
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Power it would draw
- 84 MW the developer's figure About 1 percent of New York City's summer peak demand in 2024.
- [1] datacenterfrontier.com
- Who is constructing it
- Walker General Contractors as stated by the source
- [1] datacenterfrontier.com
- Where its power comes from
- Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells as stated by the source
- [1] datacenterfrontier.com
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Land, Buildings, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year
The math behind the comparison
- 5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01), capacity: 84 MW.
- New York City (NYISO Zone J) summer peak demand, actual, 2024: 10,245 MW (2024).
- 84 ÷ 10,245 = 0.01 (MW over MW).
Sources:
- Data Center Frontier (opens in a new tab)
- NYISO, 2025 Load and Capacity Data Report (Gold Book) (opens in a new tab), Table I-4a, Baseline Summer Non-Coincident Peak Demand, Historical and Forecast, page 26, Zone J, 2024 row (2024)
A comparison is arithmetic on two published rows and is never a new fact (how comparisons are made).
What it is for, as a source states it: AI, type not stated.
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | 84 MW | the developer's figure | [1] datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab) | October 20, 2026 |
| How much water it would use | ||||
| How loud it would be | ||||
| Jobs once it runs | ||||
| Tax it would pay each year |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | 5C Data Centers | as stated by the source | [1] datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab) | October 20, 2026 |
| Who is constructing it | Walker General Contractors | as stated by the source | [1] datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab) | October 20, 2026 |
| How much land | ||||
| Buildings | ||||
| Where its power comes from | Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells | as stated by the source | [1] datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab) | October 20, 2026 |
| Grid connection | ||||
| How it is cooled | Closed loop liquid | as stated by the source | [1] datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab) | October 20, 2026 |
| Cooling fluid |
A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water use A state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Shelby County and Memphis about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | Memphis city council voted against a data center moratorium proposal. | wvlt.tv (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis Mayor Paul Young issued an executive order to establish a 90 day study period on impacts of data center development | cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis city council rejected a one year data center moratorium on Tuesday and passed a substitute ordinance halting construction for 135 days | cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | U.S. District Court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the Memphis City Council from enforcing bans against community activists attending public council meetings ahead of the data center vote. | dailymemphian.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis City Council postponed final action on competing data center regulatory measures, including Ordinance 5986 (large scale data center standards prohibiting evaporative cooling and protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer) and Ordinance 5985 (digital infrastructure development districts). | cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis City Council voted down a proposed 12 month temporary moratorium on data center permits (Agenda Item 19) sponsored by Councilmembers JB Smiley Jr., Jerri Green, Swearengen Washington, and Michalyn Easter Thomas. | cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab) |
9 earlier decisions on the county's rows
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | Memphis City Council passed a substitute ordinance halting data center permits and construction for 135 days while the city develops comprehensive zoning and environmental regulations. | cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Millington | Millington Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved Resolution 44-2026 enacting a six month moratorium on data center and industrial computing facilities through April 12, 2027. | dailymemphian.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Mayor Paul Young signed an executive order launching a 90 day data center policy review with appointed experts on land use, air quality, Memphis Sand Aquifer protection, utility costs, and noise without a permitting pause. | dailymemphian.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis City Council voted 7-5 to postpone a vote on a proposed data center moratorium | businessinsider.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis imposed data center moratorium while SpaceXAI continues expansion in Mississippi less than a mile away | dailymemphian.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Three Memphis City Council members J.B. Smiley Jr., Yolanda Cooper Sutton, and Jana Swearengen Washington proposing 12 month moratorium on data center development | thecentersquare.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | xAI required government officials to sign NDAs during development of the Colossus facility near Memphis, Tennessee | newsweek.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis City Council ordinance for temporary moratorium on data center permits passed first reading on August 18. | yahoo.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Memphis | Memphis City Council proposed a temporary moratorium on new data center development | radionwtn.com (opens in a new tab) |
What happened
No dated entry is on the record yet.
The site
The pin is the site's address.
- Where
- 4300 Getwell Rd, Memphis, TN 38118, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee [1] datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab)
- How exactly it is located
- Exact, at the address
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Keep going
Questions about this project
7 questions answered from the record
How big is 5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01)?
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The record has one measure of its size: 84 MW (the developer's figure, datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab)). Its acreage is not disclosed.
Who is building 5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01)?
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5C Data Centers is the developer, datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab), and Walker General Contractors is the construction contractor, datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab). Both names come from the sources linked beside them.
Who will use 5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01)?
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No tenant is named, and its stated use is AI, type not stated. No promise to the community is on the record.
How much power and water does 5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01) say it needs?
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Power: 84 MW (the developer's figure, datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab)). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does 5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01) stand today?
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It is being built; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.
What has Memphis or Shelby County decided about it?
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Memphis (rated restrictive): Memphis city council voted against a data center moratorium proposal (October 21, 2026, wvlt.tv (opens in a new tab)); and Memphis: Memphis Mayor Paul Young issued an executive order to establish a 90 day study period on impacts of data center development (reported October 21, 2026, cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab)). 15 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
What is still unknown about 5C Data Centers Memphis (MEM01)?
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Not disclosed by any source on file: how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, how much land, buildings, grid connection, cooling fluid. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.
Sources
Reporting
- Beyond Colossus: 5C Advances Memphis AI Factory Expansion (opens in a new tab), Data Center Frontier, October 19, 2026, trade press
1 source on file.
About this data
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For researchers
- Stage
- Being built
- Tier
- built from one source
- Tags
- Built from one source
- Coordinates
- 35.0392, -89.9284
- How the location is known
- Location from the site's street address.
- Location source
- developer filing and commercial building permit
- Location last verified
- October 20, 2026
- Uses
- AI, type not stated
- Cooling
- Closed loop liquid
- How capacity was disclosed
- the developer's figure
- Capacity, if disclosed
- 84 MW, the developer's figure
- Rating of the county's rows
- Restrictive
- Published
- October 19, 2026
- Last verified
- October 20, 2026
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Coordinate source, Location source number, EPA registry id, Tenancy, How water was disclosed, How acreage was disclosed, Interconnection