Memphis Data Center Market

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The Memphis data center market is located in the state of Tennessee within Americas. Memphis has 16 facilities with 1,794,700 sqft and 1,045 megawatts.

The top providers in Memphis are xAI (4 sites) and Anthropic with 1 facility . The most popular facilities are DataBank Memphis-7620 Appling Center and EdgeConneX Memphis.

Market Facts

Memphis Data Center Map

Memphis Power Growth Over Time

+10250% since 2022
Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
Land Bank
In Doubt
Currently Operational
across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
Planned / Prospective
NN Request Dataset sites announced, but haven't started construction

Data Centers in Memphis

Name Company Size Status Type
DataBank Memphis-7620 Appling Center DataBank Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
EdgeConneX Memphis EdgeConneX Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Expedient Memphis Expedient Data Centers Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Memphis 1 Lumen Technologies Extra Small Operational Carrier
Lumen Memphis 2 Lumen Technologies Extra Small Operational Carrier
Verizon: 5127 Truse Verizon Enterprise Extra Small Operational Carrier
Sentinel Memphis TN-1 Sentinel Data Centers Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
5CDC: Memphis, TN 5C Data Centers Large Construction, Operational Carrier-Neutral
xAI: Colossus 1 xAI Extra Large Operational Neocloud
xAI: Macrohard xAI Extra Large Construction, Operational Neocloud
xAI: Minihard xAI Extra Large Construction Neocloud
Connect Data Centers: Memphis, TN Connect Data Centers Small Operational Real Estate
Aphorio Carter: Collierville, TN Aphorio Carter Small Operational Carrier-Neutral

Largest Providers in Memphis

xAI
Site
Power
Operational
2
700.0
Construction
2
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
4
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Anthropic
Site
Power
Operational
1
300.0
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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5C Data Centers
Site
Power
Operational
1
20.0
Construction
1
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
2
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Aphorio Carter
Site
Power
Operational
1
10.0
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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Largest Data Centers in Memphis

Location About Total SqFt Power (MW)
xAI: Colossus 1 NN Request Dataset NN Request Dataset
xAI: Macrohard
xAI, Elon Musk's startup, has acquired a 1 million square foot (92,905 square meter) property in ...
NN Request Dataset
Aphorio Carter: Collierville, TN
Aphorio Carter Fund Management Company, the critical infrastructure and data center arm of Carter...
NN Request Dataset NN Request Dataset
Connect Data Centers: Memphis, TN
Connect Data Centers' 99,000-square-foot (9,200 sqm), single-story facility is located in Memphis...
NN Request Dataset NN Request Dataset
Sentinel Memphis TN-1
7.4-acre site; 40,000sf existing facility fully leased to a national colocation provider
NN Request Dataset

Sites Under Construction in Memphis

Location Building SqFt Power (MW) Estimated Launch
xAI: Macrohard SqFt 450 Megawatts Q4 2026
5CDC: Memphis, TN 950,972 SqFt 35 Megawatts Q1 2026

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