Colossus 2

Colossus 2 — frontier AI data center campus tracked by Epoch AI, operated by SpaceXAI. Estimated capital cost ~$18.6B (2025 USD). Located from Epoch AI's Frontier Data Centers dataset (CC-BY 4.0); operational status not independently verified.

• Trump administration backs Musk’s xAI in NAACP data center lawsuit

  Reuters· Jun 16, 2026
• SpaceX Rented Out Computing After Own Teams Had Trouble Using It

  Bloomberg.com· Jun 12, 2026
• Data center company purchases Fred's headquarters building for $25 million, records show

  FOX13 Memphis· Jun 10, 2026
• Musk’s xAI, SpaceX sued over ‘pervasive and inescapable’ data center power plant noise

  The Hill· Jun 10, 2026
• Musk’s xAI, SpaceX hit with class action over data center ‘nuisance’

  Reuters· Jun 10, 2026
• Google to pay $920 million to SpaceX-xAI monthly for AI data center capacity

  Data Center Dynamics· Jun 8, 2026

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Memphis), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle in Memphis, is 0.3 mi from this site (548 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.