Data centers in Shelby County, Tennessee
Shelby County has 2 data centers on the record: 1 running and 1 proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Shelby County itself; Memphis, inside it, limits new data centers, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Memphis imposed data center moratorium while SpaceXAI continues expansion in Mississippi less than a mile away (Memphis), September 21, 2026.
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The 2 data centers in Shelby County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
SpaceXAI Memphis data centers
Memphis, Shelby County · SpaceXAI
Latest, reported September 18, 2026: SpaceXAI agreed to timeline for removal of turbines with Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, all turbines to be removed by July 2027. independent.co.uk local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
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- Tenant
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- Land
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- Power
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- Water
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Where
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2 data centers in Shelby County: 1 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Shelby County on the record (1)
| City | Projects | Rules | How it treats data centers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 2 | 1 |
What Shelby County has decided
1 body, 2 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Memphiscity
Memphis imposed data center moratorium while SpaceXAI continues expansion in Mississippi less than a mile away, reported September 21, 2026.
2 acts on this row
- moratorium adopted
Memphis imposed data center moratorium while SpaceXAI continues expansion in Mississippi less than a mile away
- moratorium
Memphis City Council proposed a temporary moratorium on new data center development
- moratorium adopted
What happened
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· Memphis
Moratorium adopted: Memphis imposed data center moratorium while SpaceXAI continues expansion in Mississippi less than a mile away dailymemphian.com local outlet
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· SpaceXAI Memphis data centers
Now reported: TVA Board approved over 100 megawatts of firm power for SpaceXAI Memphis operations. yahoo.com national outlet
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· Memphis
Moratorium: Memphis City Council proposed a temporary moratorium on new data center development radionwtn.com local outlet
What was said
Memphis community reports cancer rate 4.1 times the national average near xAI data center
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 2 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 2 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Shelby County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Shelby County are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Shelby County, Tennessee", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/tn/shelby-county, updated September 25, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Shelby County, Tennessee", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/tn/shelby-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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The rows here are part of the Tennessee export.
For researchers
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