Data centers in Tennessee
Every site we track in Tennessee, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count77sites tracked (58 operating, 5 under construction, 14 announced)
Single-site maximum1,100largest sourced construction figure at one site (1 site sourced; not added up)
Sum of 2 sitesat least 400permanent jobs committed or forecast at 2 sites, not yet confirmed as filled
Single site$1.5 billionannounced investment at 1 site
What changed after November 3
Election Day was Nov 3, 2026. These are winners of AP-called races who take office in January 2027. Each links to its AP race call. This box covers races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House only. Other statewide offices, such as lieutenant governor, are not included. Results are unofficial until Tennessee certifies them.
Sites in Tennessee
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
Show all 77 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CleanSpark Winfield Bitcoin Mining Facility CleanSpark, Inc. | Scott | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Cogent Data Center, Nashville (338 Woodycrest Ave) Cogent Communications | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Collierville Enterprise Data Center (FedEx World Technology Center Campus) Aphorio Carter | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Colossus 1 xAI | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Colossus 2 xAI | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Connect Data Centers Memphis (3900 S. Mendenhall Road) Connect Data Centers (Oppidan Investment Company) | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DC BLOX Chattanooga (807 E 16th Street) DC BLOX | Hamilton | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) DC BLOX | Davidson | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| DMINT Selmer Bitcoin Mining Data Center (565 Industrial Park Drive) DMINT, Inc. (The OLB Group) | McNairy | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DarkHorse Technologies (Cathedra Bitcoin) Rockwood Data Center DarkHorse Technologies Inc. (formerly Sphere 3D Corp.; site from Cathedra Bitcoin) | Roane | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Data Suites Murfreesboro Data Suites | Rutherford | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) DataBank | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DataBank Memphis (MEM1) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| EdgeConneX Memphis (EDCMEM01) EdgeConneX | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| EdgeConneX NAS01 Nashville EdgeConneX | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| EdgeConneX Nashville (EDCNAS01) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| ExoticRidge Bulls Gap Bitcoin Mine ExoticRidge Crypto Company LLC | Hawkins | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Expedient Memphis (MEM1) Expedient | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Fisk University Quantum Leap Innovation & Technology Center Fisk University | Davidson | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Flatwoods Road Data Center (Lawrenceburg) Owner not yet confirmed | Lawrence | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Brentwood Data Center Flexential Corp. | Williamson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Nashville, Brentwood (NAS01/04) Flexential | Williamson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Nashville, Cool Springs Flexential | Williamson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Nashville, Franklin Flexential | Williamson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Google Montgomery County Data Center Google | Montgomery | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| H5 Data Centers Nashville (147 Fourth Avenue) H5 Data Centers | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| HCA Information Technology & Services Data Center (Antioch) HCA Healthcare | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Hixson Data Center (McMinnville) Hixson Data Center | Warren | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Humboldt Bitcoin Mining Facility (near Gibson County Industrial Park) Owner not yet confirmed | Gibson | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Jailhouse Studios (former Hamilton County Jail) Urban Story Ventures | Hamilton | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| LCUB Data Center (Lenoir City Utilities Board) Lenoir City Utilities Board | Loudon | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Level(3) Memphis Lumen Technologies | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Level(3) Nashville (9th Ave) Lumen Technologies | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Level(3) Nashville (Sidco Drive) Lumen Technologies | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Litewire McMinnville (former A.O. Smith Building) Litewire | Warren | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Lumen Nashville 2 (2530 Perimeter Place Drive) Lumen Technologies | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| MCA Technology Solutions Data Center (6048 Century Oaks Drive) MCA Technology Solutions (Mike Collins & Associates) | Hamilton | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Merkle Standard Memphis (4545 South Mendenhall Road) Merkle Standard | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Minihard xAI | Shelby | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Neural Nexus Innovation District Legacy Power Capital | Shelby | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Newrays Two LLC Mining Site (Paris) Newrays Two LLC | Henry | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (Frontier supercomputer) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy) | Roane | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Oak Ridge Reservation AI Data Center Sites (DOE land lease) U.S. Department of Energy | Roane | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Peace Communications CHA1 (Chattanooga) Peace Communications | Hamilton | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Peace Communications KNX1 (Knoxville) Peace Communications | Knox | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Peace Communications NSH2 (Nashville, 1,661 Murfreesboro Pike) Peace Communications (formerly Nexus Group) | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Pleasant Hill Road Crypto Mining Facility (White County) Owner not yet confirmed | White | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School) SDCL Tennessee Propco LLC | Bradley | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Quantum Leap Data Center/ Fisk University Owner not yet confirmed | Davidson | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| RadiusDC Nashville I RadiusDC | Davidson | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Tennessee South Data Center (State of Tennessee) State of Tennessee, Strategic Technology Solutions | Rutherford | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| The Fort (TenHats Knoxville Data Center) TenHats (formerly SH Data Technologies) | Knox | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| The STEM Practice Sycamore View AI Data Center Golden Acquisitions / The STEM Practice | Shelby | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Nashville TierPoint | Williamson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Verizon Wireless Verizon Communications Inc. | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| XO Nashville Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Zayo Nashville (209 10th Ave. S) Zayo Group | Davidson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
BradleyCampbellClaiborneCoffeeCumberlandDavidsonGibsonHamiltonHawkinsHenryJohnsonKnoxLawrenceLoudonMadisonMcNairyMeigsMontgomeryRoaneRutherfordScottShelbySumnerUnion
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What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Tennessee: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No signed incentive record for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
No signed incentive agreement for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
Your officials in Tennessee
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Bill Lee R
Governor · 77 sites represented
Quote
"That not only creates short-term opportunities in the construction and development of that project but also long-term job development." source
Marsha Blackburn R
U.S. Senator · 77 sites represented
Quote
"Tennessee is the best state in the nation to do business, and xAI’s Memphis facility is proof that innovative companies thrive when entrepreneurs like Elon Musk choose to set up shop in our state." source
Call 202-224-3344 · Contact form
Bill Hagerty R
U.S. Senator · 77 sites represented
Quote
"Importantly, we’re doing so while ensuring that the massive energy demands of data centers aren’t passed along to Tennessee families and small businesses." source
Call 202-224-4944 · Contact form
Steve Cohen D
U.S. Representative · TN-9 · 13 sites represented
Quote
"These neighborhoods deserve the assurance that any new development prioritizes health, safety, and environmental stewardship." source
Call 202-225-3265
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann R
U.S. Representative · TN-3 · 8 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-3271
Scott DesJarlais R
U.S. Representative · TN-4 · 7 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-6831
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Diana Harshbarger R
U.S. Representative · TN-1 · 2 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-6356
Incoming in January 2027
Marsha Blackburn R
Governor-elect · 77 sites represented
Quote
"Tennessee is the best state in the nation to do business, and xAI’s Memphis facility is proof that innovative companies thrive when entrepreneurs like Elon Musk choose to set up shop in our state." source
Charlie Hatcher R
U.S. Representative-elect · TN-5 · 6 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"If the community wants them, that's their decision," source