Local context
Anderson County · Roane County · Knox County
Each county and municipality retains its own land-use process. Regional coverage does not establish a permit, utility commitment or incentive award.
East Tennessee & Oak Ridge
ORNL supercomputing and the Kairos Hermes 2 advanced reactor project.
Source review 2026-11-03
Tracked infrastructure
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| Project / program | Operator | Locality | Investment | Power | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kairos Power Hermes 2 — Oak Ridge Power purchase agreement signed — operations planned 2030 · program | Kairos Power | Roane County | Not disclosed in cited source | Up to 50 MW planned — PPA | B |
| ORNL Discovery and Lux AI supercomputers Announced — Lux 2026, Discovery 2028 · program | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE) | Anderson County | Not disclosed in cited ORNL/DOE source | Not disclosed in cited source | A |
Campus and multi-site program records are kept distinct. Investment and power figures are not summed across overlapping scopes.
Regional institutions and companies
University of Tennessee, Knoxville — AI Tennessee ↗
AI Tennessee is UT Knoxville's initiative coordinating AI research, education and workforce development.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ↗
DOE laboratory hosting Frontier and the announced Lux and Discovery AI systems.
Tennessee Valley Authority ↗
Federal power provider that signed the Hermes 2 PPA with Kairos Power.