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Research focus: AI policy. The ELVIS Act and the state's AI Advisory Council.
Gov. Bill Lee signed the ELVIS Act on March 21, 2024, adding voice to Tennessee's personal-rights protections against AI misuse. [Office of the Governor of Tennessee]
The state's AI Advisory Council released an action plan in November 2025. Recommendations are not enacted law. [Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration; Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration]
Kairos Power Hermes 2 — Oak Ridge — On August 18, 2025 Google, Kairos Power and TVA announced a PPA under which Hermes 2 in Oak Ridge would deliver up to 50 MW to TVA's grid, scheduled to begin operations in 2030. [Kairos Power; Google]
ORNL Discovery and Lux AI supercomputers — DOE announced on October 27, 2025 two AMD-powered, HPE-built systems at ORNL: the Lux AI cluster, to be deployed in early 2026, and Discovery, to be delivered in 2028 as Frontier's successor. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory; U.S. Department of Energy]
xAI Colossus — Paul R. Lowry Road — The Greater Memphis Chamber announced on June 5, 2024 that xAI's supercomputer would occupy a former manufacturing facility in Memphis. The Commercial Appeal records the site as the former Electrolux building at 3231 Paul R. Lowry Road. [U.S. Census Bureau; Greater Memphis Chamber; The Commercial Appeal; The Commercial Appeal]
xAI Colossus 2 — Tulane Road — The Greater Memphis Chamber announced in March 2025 that xAI bought a one-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis. DatacenterDynamics reported an $80 million purchase of parcels off Tulane Road in Whitehaven. [U.S. Census Bureau; Greater Memphis Chamber; DatacenterDynamics; Memphis Light, Gas and Water]
Meta Gallatin Data Center — Meta broke ground in Gallatin in August 2020 on a 982,000-square-foot campus and announced on November 14, 2024 that the data center was serving traffic. [U.S. Census Bureau; Meta; Meta; Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development]
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