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Expedient Memphis Data Center

Memphis, Shelby County, TNDeveloper: ExpedientCensus GEOID 47157

Stage
Running
Power
6 MW
the developer's figure
Buildings
1 building
operator page, verified October 27, 2026
Undisclosed in public filings
Land, Water

Expedient operates its enterprise cloud and colocation data center at 3180 Players Lane in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. It is running; 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.

1 hearing on the record, 2026

Last verified · 1 source, 0 primary · Built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

  • This record: Running, ringed
  • data center
  • Smaller pins: 19 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.

Buildings
1 building operator page, verified October 27, 2026
[1] expedient.com
Power it would draw
6 MW the developer's figure About 0 percent of New York City's summer peak demand in 2024.
[1] expedient.com
Who leads it
Expedient as stated by the source
Undisclosed in public filings
Land, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year
The math behind the comparison
  1. Expedient Memphis Data Center, capacity: 6 MW.
  2. New York City (NYISO Zone J) summer peak demand, actual, 2024: 10,245 MW (2024).
  3. 6 ÷ 10,245 = 0 (MW over MW).

Sources:

A comparison is arithmetic on two published rows and is never a new fact (how comparisons are made).

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs 6 MW the developer's figure [1] expedient.com October 27, 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

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Expedient as stated by the source October 27, 2026
Who is constructing it
How much land
Buildings 1 building operator page, verified October 27, 2026 [1] expedient.com October 27, 2026
Where its power comes from
Grid connection
How it is cooled

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.

DateWhoDecisionSource
Memphis restrictive Memphis city council voted against a data center moratorium proposal. wvlt.tv
Memphis restrictive Memphis Mayor Paul Young issued an executive order to establish a 90 day study period on impacts of data center development cbsnews.com
Memphis restrictive Memphis city council rejected a one year data center moratorium on Tuesday and passed a substitute ordinance halting construction for 135 days cbsnews.com
Memphis restrictive 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
Memphis restrictive 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
Memphis restrictive 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
9 earlier decisions on the county's rows
DateWhoDecisionSource
Memphis restrictive 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
Millington restrictive 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
Memphis restrictive 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
Memphis restrictive Memphis City Council voted 7-5 to postpone a vote on a proposed data center moratorium businessinsider.com
Memphis restrictive Memphis imposed data center moratorium while SpaceXAI continues expansion in Mississippi less than a mile away dailymemphian.com
Memphis restrictive 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
Memphis restrictive xAI required government officials to sign NDAs during development of the Colossus facility near Memphis, Tennessee newsweek.com
Memphis restrictive Memphis City Council ordinance for temporary moratorium on data center permits passed first reading on August 18. yahoo.com
Memphis restrictive Memphis City Council proposed a temporary moratorium on new data center development radionwtn.com
October 8, 2026 Memphis, TN Memphis City Council Planning and Zoning Committee Data Center Legislation Hearing Memphis City Council 3clips

The Memphis City Council Planning and Zoning Committee met on October 8, 2026 to debate municipal data center zoning legislation, setbacks, and utility oversight following the rapid expansion of xAI's Colossus supercomputer campus and natural gas turbines in Southwest Memphis.

  1. Memphis City Council Planning and Zoning Chair Elected Official transcribed from the official recording
    "any discussion over data center legislation. I'm going to read the focus item for this meeting, but just to clarify, the Memphis City Council session from Tuesday is still in recess and due some things that we were brought up regarding the legislation. Here we are. So the focus item, this is all available to the public. We can provide you copies, but the intent of the meeting today and we're planning to go until 4:00 I believe, right? 4:00. Um"
  2. Resident public comment Resident Public Comment transcribed from the official recording
    "the existing zoning framework with the division of planning development. Of course, attorney Wade is here as well. We're all looking for clarity. Um, and that is why we held the items, but that is why we're here today. So, um, I'm actually going to ask Councilwoman White to get us started. I know she had some questions from the meeting, and I believe we're going to start off just kind of looking into Rhonda's, uh, ordinance, but one more thing, as we"
  3. Memphis City Council Member Elected Official transcribed from the official recording
    "JB Councilman Smiley's ordinance. His um let me give you an example. His has a full moratorum 18 months, right? Councilman Warden's ordinance had no moratorium. Council uh woman Logan's ordinance had no moratorium and then my ordinance actually had an indefinite moratorum. So, as we go through and start talking about these things, we're trying to consolidate all of them, find"
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Said and filed

Said and filed

Statements and filings, side by side

Statement and primary filing Memphis & Shelby County, TN Hearing Record → Project Dossier: 5c-data-centers-mem01-memphis-tn → Project Dossier: databank-memphis-data-center-tn → Project Dossier: spacexai-memphis-data-centers-tn → Project Dossier: edgeconnex-inc-edgeconnex-memphis-edcmem01-memphis-tn → Project Dossier: expedient-expedient-memphis-memphis-tn →
air_quality Power & Grid Zoning Water
Column A · Dated Statement
Greater Memphis Chamber & xAI Project Representatives Developer & Economic Development Representatives
Venue: Greater Memphis Chamber & xAI Public Statements on Southwest Memphis Turbines
"Represented that portable methane gas turbines deployed at the Southwest Memphis Colossus AI supercomputer campus were temporary backup and bridging units exempt from preconstruction air permitting while awaiting utility substation upgrades."
Column B · Primary Government Record
Shelby County Health Department Air Permit Record & Memphis City Council Data Center Legislation Hearing
SCHD Air Pollution Control Permit Application · Memphis City Council Planning & Zoning Committee (Oct 8, 2026)
Agency or Venue: Shelby County Health Department & Memphis City Council
"Air permit filings and environmental monitoring documented up to 35 natural gas turbines installed at the Southwest Memphis site with potential nitrogen oxide emissions exceeding major stationary source thresholds in an ozone nonattainment area, prompting the Memphis City Council Planning and Zoning Committee on October 8, 2026 to take up municipal data center siting and utility oversight legislation."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗
Memphis City Council (Official)
Source video ↗

What happened

No dated entry is on the record yet.

  • Read on October 27, 2026 (the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)

    Verified facility status from Tennessee state agency permits, utility dockets, municipal planning filings, or operator campus specifications.

    [1] expedient.com

The site

The pin is the site's address.

The site map is at the top of the page.

Where
3180 Players Lane, Memphis, TN 38125, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee [1] expedient.com
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

USGS NAIP aerial view of Expedient Memphis Data Center
LAT 35.06296 / LON -89.78614 Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey / USDA NAIP (Public Domain)
USGS National Map OpenStreetMap

Keep going

The county Shelby County 5 projects on the record. A pause on new data centers is on the record. The state Data centers in Tennessee Every Tennessee project, the rules on the record and what comes next. Nearest proposal 5C Data Centers Memphis AI Factory Campus (MEM01) Memphis, Shelby County, 8.2 mi away · Being built
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Questions about this project

5 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Expedient Memphis Data Center?

The record has 2 measures of its size: 6 MW (the developer's figure, expedient.com) and 1 building (operator page, verified October 27, 2026, expedient.com). Its acreage is not disclosed.

Who is building Expedient Memphis Data Center?

Expedient is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does Expedient Memphis Data Center say it needs?

Power: 6 MW (the developer's figure, expedient.com). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Expedient Memphis Data Center stand today?

It is running; 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?

Memphis (rated restrictive): Memphis city council voted against a data center moratorium proposal (October 21, 2026, wvlt.tv); 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). 15 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

  1. Expedient Memphis Data Center Official Disclosure, Expedient, query feed

1 source on file.

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Stage
Running
Tier
built from one source
Tags
Built from one source
Coordinates
35.062965, -89.786143
How the location is known
Location from the site's street address.
Location source
https://www.expedient.com/data-centers/memphis-tn/
Coordinate source
Shelby County Assessor / Expedient
How capacity was disclosed
the developer's figure
Capacity, if disclosed
6 MW, the developer's figure
Rating of the county's rows
Restrictive
Published
October 21, 2026
Last verified
October 27, 2026
Undisclosed in public filings
Location source number, Location last verified, EPA registry id, Uses, Tenancy, Cooling, How water was disclosed, How acreage was disclosed, Interconnection

Researcher view · Expedient Memphis Data Center · 1 source, 1 entry, 15 decisions nearby · basis and source tier on every row · verified October 27, 2026

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