Shelby County, Tennessee
Shelby County, Tennessee has 1.9 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 4 records, against 1.6 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 15.8 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 63.7% of Tennessee's data center MW.
Shelby County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 1 of its 2 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Shelby County's own plants cover 84.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 15.8 MW.
Data centers by status
4 records, 1.9 GW
The data center pipeline
2 records list a year online or expected, from 2025 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 1.6 GW listed for 2026. 2 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 300 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1,563 |
Who is building in Shelby
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 3 of 3.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| xAI | 2 | 1,863 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 | 1 |
| DataBank | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
10 plants operate inside Shelby County, 1.6 GW. The queue adds 15.8 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Shelby County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 3 | 1,170.9 |
| Solar | Operating | 5 | 280.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 15.8 |
| Oil | Operating | 2 | 119.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | 9.8 |
| 2028 | 1 | 6 |
Shelby County against its neighbors
None of the 1 neighboring county with a page lists a data center record. Fayette County has the most operating generation among them, 180.3 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County this page | 4 | 16 | 1.2x | ||
| Fayette County | 0 | 0 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
2 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Shelby County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Shelby County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Shelby County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 16 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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