SpaceXAI Memphis data centers, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
4 events, January 1, 2024 to August 20, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 1 statement and 12 lines that are not events of their own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Tennessee.
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2026 2 events
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Lawsuit filed in August 2026 seeks $30 million in damages, $20 million of which is punitive. [6]
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TVA Board approved over 100 megawatts of firm power for SpaceXAI Memphis operations. [7]
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Also in August 2026: 2 lines that are not events of their own
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Decision · Memphis (city)
Memphis City Council proposed a temporary moratorium on new data center development radionwtn.com
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Decision · Memphis (city)
Memphis City Council ordinance for temporary moratorium on data center permits passed first reading on August 18. yahoo.com
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Also in September 2026: 1 statement and 10 lines that are not events of their own
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Decision · Memphis (city)
xAI required government officials to sign NDAs during development of the Colossus facility near Memphis, Tennessee newsweek.com
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Decision · Memphis (city)
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
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Statement · Keshaun Pearson, co-founder of Memphis Community Against Pollution
Memphis community reports cancer rate 4.1 times the national average near xAI data center WSMV local outlet
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Residents filed a lawsuit challenging the noise pollution from the data center [9]
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Elon Musk announced the xAI campus could expand to 10 times its current capacity [9]
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xAI promised to replace the gas turbines in one year with quieter permanent ones as of July 2026 [9]
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SpaceXAI agreed to timeline for removal of turbines with Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, all turbines to be removed by July 2027. [6]
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Operations at Colossus II came online in January 2026. [6]
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Vicent died in Florida in February, months after the fall. [6]
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Worker Alexis Vicent fell from a mezzanine at Colossus II in August 2025. [6]
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Decision · Memphis (city)
Memphis imposed data center moratorium while SpaceXAI continues expansion in Mississippi less than a mile away dailymemphian.com
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For researchers
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- spacexai-memphis-data-centers-tn
- Status value
- rumored
- Events on the timeline
- 4
- Under the months
- 13
- Stage changes
- 1
- Decisions
- 5
- Statements
- 1
- Figures
- 0
- Entries and decisions under the months
- 12