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.
The Chamber's December 4, 2024 release says the Colossus expansion will incorporate a minimum of one million GPUs; that is a stated plan, not a verified installed count.
The Commercial Appeal reports xAI said Colossus grew from 100,000 to 200,000 GPUs after coming online in September 2024.
On July 2, 2025 the Shelby County Health Department granted an air permit for 15 natural-gas turbines at the site, per The Commercial Appeal. The permit's terms should be read from the agency record.
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Canonical record: https://tennessai.com/data-centers/xai-colossus-memphis