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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.

Source review 2026-11-03Confidence BSite acquired — power arrangements attributed to xAI
Operator
xAI
Record type
campus
Locality
Shelby County
Region
memphis
Investment disclosure
$80M land purchase reported by DCD
Power disclosure
~0.5 MW MLGW general service (MLGW); main supply not disclosed by MLGW
Jobs disclosure
Not disclosed in cited source
Status
Site acquired — power arrangements attributed to xAI

MLGW's July 22, 2025 statement says it supplies about 0.5 MW under a general services agreement at 5420 Tulane Road and is not supplying power to Colossus 2.

DatacenterDynamics reported xAI's Brent Mayo said the site could host up to 350,000 GPUs; treat that as an operator statement.

Project status and disclosures are attributed to the cited source. Announced investment is not proof of expenditure, and utility capacity is not inferred from computing or building capacity.