Colossus 2 (Whitehaven)
xAI is building a 150 MW data center in Shelby County, Tennessee (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Investment
- $12B
- Building area
- 1 sq ft
- Site
- 100 acres
- Expected completion
- 2026
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
xAI
Utility
Memphis Light Gas & Water (MLGW) / TVA
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- this year
Expected completionPlanned
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- ~2 yr ago
Construction start
- 2 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2026-01.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2026.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2025-02.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 4, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- xAI
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 150 MW
- Capacity as the sources range
- 150 to 1563 MW
- Reported investment
- $12B
- Reported building area
- 1 sq ft
- Site area
- 100 acres
- Reported jobs
- 500
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2024
- Construction start reported
- 2024-06
- Expected completion
- 2026
Site
- City
- Memphis
- County
- Shelby
- State
- Tennessee
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Memphis Light Gas & Water (MLGW) / TVA
- Power source
- Mixed sources
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Infrastructure Support; Other
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Colossus 2 (Whitehaven) | Operating | Not reported |
| Compute Atlas | Colossus | Operating | 150 MW |
| Compute Atlas | Minihard | Under construction | Not reported |
| Server Country | xAI Colossus Supercomputer | Expanding | 1563 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 9, 2026 · Record: xai-colossus-2-memphis-tn
- CADataCenterDynamics (archived) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CAWikipedia (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 9, 2026 · Record: xai-colossus-memphis-tn
- CAWikipedia (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 16, 2026
- CAReuters (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 5, 2026
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAGoverning (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CACNBC (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CADaily Memphian (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 13, 2026 · Record: xai-minihard-memphis-tn
- CAReport cited by Compute AtlasAs of: Sep 13, 2026
- CAReport cited by Compute AtlasAs of: Sep 13, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0459
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 233494134954223
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Colossus 2 (Whitehaven)”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/colossus-2-whitehaven-tn-dc_d45c96f898ef, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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