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Tennessee AI Daily Brief — November 3, 2026

A source-register baseline for TennessAI's campuses, research and policy records.

Source review 2026-11-03daily-briefResearch edition 2026-11-03

Research desk synthesis · Inaugural source-register review, November 3, 2026. Earlier source dates remain explicit; this review is not a new project announcement.

The Greater Memphis Chamber announced xAI's Memphis supercomputer on June 5, 2024; the site is the former Electrolux building on Paul R. Lowry Road. [Greater Memphis Chamber; The Commercial Appeal]

MLGW's July 22, 2025 statement says it is not supplying power to Colossus 2 at 5420 Tulane Road. [Memphis Light, Gas and Water]

Meta announced on November 14, 2024 that its Gallatin Data Center is serving traffic. [Meta]

Google, Kairos Power and TVA's August 18, 2025 agreement plans up to 50 MW from Hermes 2 in Oak Ridge starting in 2030. [Kairos Power; Google]

DOE's October 27, 2025 announcement schedules the Lux AI cluster at ORNL for early 2026 and Discovery for 2028. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory; U.S. Department of Energy]

Tennessee's ELVIS Act, signed March 21, 2024, remains the state's signature AI likeness law. [Office of the Governor of Tennessee]