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xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center)

xAI · Memphis. Every figure below is individually sourced and dated.

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Part of the tracked campus xAI Colossus (Memphis).

The story of xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center)inherited from campus xAI Colossus (Memphis)
Announced capex
$18B
Grid
Grid connected in stages: the TVA board approved 150 MW on 7 November 2024, requested through Memphis Light, Gas and Water, which was upgrading the site to 50 MW in the meantime. xAI committed $24 million to build a new substation for the additional load, recovered by MLGW through monthly rebates before it takes ownership. Fourteen mobile Voltagrid generators of 2.5 MW each, about 35 MW in total, covered the gap.
GPUs
200K 200,000 H100/H200
Trained here
Grok 4, Grok 3
Derived
Cost per MW
$9M/MW

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In clusterTennessee(54)

The deal

Inherited from campus xAI Colossus (Memphis).

utility
Solaris Energy Infrastructure · On-site gas turbine fleet powering the campus behind the meter.
chip supplier
NVIDIA · 555,000 Nvidia GPUs at full 2 GW.
developer
xAI · Owner and operator.

Financial structure

Inherited from campus xAI Colossus (Memphis).

Reported buildout cost
$18B journalist report

Investment, workforce and specs

Inherited from campus xAI Colossus (Memphis).

GPUs
200,000 H100/H200 source

Power

Inherited from campus xAI Colossus (Memphis). Live grid demand and drought overlay only render on the campus page.

Power source
behind the meter gas
Interconnection
Grid connected in stages: the TVA board approved 150 MW on 7 November 2024, requested through Memphis Light, Gas and Water, which was upgrading the site to 50 MW in the meantime. xAI committed $24 million to build a new substation for the additional load, recovered by MLGW through monthly rebates before it takes ownership. Fourteen mobile Voltagrid generators of 2.5 MW each, about 35 MW in total, covered the gap.
Water
Cooled with treated wastewater (about 3 million gallons/day) piped from the purpose-built Colossus Water Recycling Plant, avoiding an equivalent draw on Memphis drinking water; on-site power is from methane gas turbines.

Solaris on-site gas turbines, 1.10 GW gas, Under construction. About 400 MW currently serving xAI; Solaris expects over 1.1 GW operating for xAI by Q2 2027.

Facility record

planned

Status

hyperscale

Type

xAI

Operator

Memphis

Location

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  • record: xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center) (reported) · source
  • status: planned (reported) · source

Timeline

  1. Aug 2026
    First recorded
    Added to the DEPLOY registry as a sourced facility record
  2. Sep 2026
    Current: planned

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What is xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center)?
xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center) is a data center facility record on the DEPLOY registry, in Memphis. Every fact on the record is individually sourced and dated.
Who operates xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center)?
xAI operates xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center), per the sourced record on the DEPLOY registry.
Is xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center) operating?
xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center) is recorded as planned on the DEPLOY registry. Each figure traces to a source.
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DEPLOY. (2026). xAI Tulane Road Site (Second Memphis Data Center): data center facility record. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/facilities/xai-tulane-road-memphis-shelby-tn

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