Sites / TN / Shelby

Colossus / Colossus 2

Status: operational · Confidence: medium · Announced: 2024-06-05 · Operational: 2024-08-08

Facts

Location

Approximate — geocoded from the sourced location; see coverage. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Signal notes

Multi-phase campus, one record. Colossus 1 operational 2024-08-08 (122 days after 2024-06-05 announcement); Colossus 2 clusters coming online Oct 2025 / Apr 2026 / Jul 2026. Capacity conflicts widely by phase and basis: Colossus 1 ~300 MW (Chamber) vs Colossus 2 946 MW IT power (Epoch, the value used here); unverified Jan 2026 press claimed 2 GW / 555k GPUs / $18B. Wikipedia (low confidence) reports max power raised from 150 MW to 250 MW, with April 2025 imagery showing 35 gas turbines at an inferred ~422 MW — both well below the 946 MW IT-load figure retained, consistent with phase/basis differences; disagreement kept, minority figures not dropped. Investment ~$35.8B is an Epoch estimate for Colossus 2 and conflicts with unverified press figures. building_sqft 785,000 sq ft is a single-source Wikipedia figure (low confidence) for the main building, which Wikipedia and prior signals both place at the former Electrolux plant; 552 acres leased at Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park.

Sources

• xAI - Greater Memphis Chamber — Greater Memphis Chamber
• Colossus 2 | AI Data Centers | Epoch AI — Epoch AI, 2026-07-03
• Colossus (data center) — Wikipedia, 2026-07-06

Signals

Raw observations behind this record (10): sig-20260705-colossus-capacity-chamber, sig-20260705-colossus-capacity-epoch, sig-20260705-colossus-investment, sig-20260705-colossus-land-acres, sig-20260705-colossus-location, sig-20260705-colossus-operational-date, sig-20260705-colossus-status, sig-20260705-colossus2-operational-date, sig-20260706-colossus-building-sqft, sig-20260706-colossus-capacity

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