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The record, and its sources.

Trace selected Tennessee infrastructure records to the original publisher. These are record-level source associations, not a claim that every source proves every field.

Operator specifications, investment announcements, and geographic reference data serve different purposes. Census locality points locate approximate markers; they do not substantiate a campus’s power, cost, or permit. Undisclosed and unverified fields remain visible in the coverage register.

programConfidence BReviewed 2026-11-03

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.

programConfidence AReviewed 2026-11-03

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.

campusConfidence BReviewed 2026-11-03

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.

campusConfidence BReviewed 2026-11-03

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.

campusConfidence AReviewed 2026-11-03

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.

campusConfidence AReviewed 2026-11-03

Google Montgomery County data center →

Google lists Montgomery County, Tennessee among its data center locations. Google's August 2025 announcement says the Kairos/TVA agreement supports its data centers in Montgomery County.

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