SpaceXAI planning data center on land bought from Southaven
When completed, the data center would join the company’s three other known nearby data centers on its sprawling campus.
Topic: SpaceXAI
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September 2026
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Opinion: MLGW on why Memphis’ water future is secure
“Thanks to natural recharge zones and our local reduction in demand, our water system is sustainably replenishing itself. But we cannot afford to become complacent.”
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August 2026
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SpaceXAI removes 11 controversial turbines from Southaven
At its peak, the company’s non-permitted turbine count was 69, according to federal court documents and Mississippi state records.
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Opinion: Other cities have limited data center development. Memphis can, too.
“Memphians have been given a false choice: either accept AI data center development without safeguards or be left behind. Memphis must treat clean air, clean water and affordable energy as non-negotiable, as other cities and regions have.”
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Opinion: We can have data centers while also protecting Memphis and Memphians
“Some of my neighbors feel unheard, and that is a gap we have to close. But a blanket moratorium fixes none of the problems. It stops new construction jobs and increases in the tax base while leaving the plants already running exactly where they are.”
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TVA hikes electric rates on Memphis data centers
Data centers across the Tennessee Valley, including SpaceXAI’s sprawling Memphis operations, will soon face steeper electric bills and must pay far more to access the broader electric grid.
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SpaceXAI asks for more power — this time from TVA
SpaceX’s artificial intelligence division asked TVA to directly supply more electricity to its Colossus II campus, which stretches between Memphis and Southaven.
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Council committee passes data center pause
The proposed Memphis data center moratorium would block the issuance of building permits or site plans for new data centers in the city, according to a copy of the ordinance.
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SpaceXAI says its working on training center for Southaven first responders
The company said it is investing $40 million “to help strengthen the local emergency response systems.”
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Memphis City Council to consider data center moratorium
Memphis, a city known nationwide for SpaceXAI, may take legislative steps to pause data center development. All of Elon Musk’s existing local data centers are in industrial districts and are unlikely to be affected by an ordinance.
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SpaceXAI once again said it will restart work on water plant
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SpaceXAI once again said it will restart work on water plant
The company’s X post offered a timeline for construction of the water-recycling plant.
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SpaceXAI sues contractor, alleges overbilling and fraud
SpaceXAI alleges that Darana Hybrid and its CEO engaged in a practice of overbilling to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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SpaceXAI could have a lot more data centers this time next year, Musk says
The company operates four data centers in the Mid-South. Three of those data centers are powered, in part, by a controversial power plant the company built in Southaven.
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SpaceXAI made a lot of news last week. Here’s a breakdown.
Two days last week brought a dizzying array of headlines about SpaceXAI’s operations in the Mid-South. So let’s catch up and break down why it all matters and how it fits into the bigger picture.
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Something big could become Colossus’ neighbor
A real estate company is looking into building something big on undeveloped land near SpaceXAI’s Colossus data center.
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Elections, SpaceXAI and schools dominate local headlines
The many candidates for a wide range of local, state and federal offices were a key theme among journalists on this episode of “Behind the Headlines” on WKNO-TV.
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July 2026
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SpaceXAI contractor said company owes it $570M
The CEO of an Ohio-based industrial contractor said SpaceXAI still owes his company about 40% of its roughly $1.5 billion total bill.
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SpaceXAI agrees to emissions monitoring for MS power plant
SpaceXAI now has a clear regulatory roadmap for retiring the 69 natural gas turbines it operates without air emissions permits in Southaven.
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SpaceXAI agrees to remove Mississippi turbines
SpaceXAI said Thursday, July 30, that it and the State of Mississippi had entered an agreement for winding down some of the company’s sprawling power plant operations in Southaven.
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SpaceXAI buys 10 acres in Southaven
The company’s sprawling campus stretches across the Tennessee-Mississippi state line and includes three data centers.
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SpaceXAI has built another Memphis data center
Elon Musk appeared to acknowledge that the company had built a new data center, known as “Minihard.”
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Calkins: It’s time for SpaceXAI to live up to its promise to Memphis kids
A year ago, SpaceXAI committed to give Memphis-Shelby County Schools a gift a local pastor called “game-changing.” So far, MSCS has little to show for it. It’s time for that to change.
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SpaceXAI offered major construction upgrades to Memphis schools. What happened?
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SpaceXAI offered major construction upgrades to Memphis schools. What happened?
Fairley High students and athletes have emerged as the early — and only — major beneficiaries of a list of construction projects Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company offered to the Memphis school system last July.
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Calkins: It’s time for SpaceXAI to live up to its promise to Memphis kids
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How will Memphis spend $3.3M in tax money collected from SpaceXAI?
Mayor Paul Young’s administration pitched how it plans to spend about $3.3 million on the 5-mile area around SpaceXAI’s Colossus I data center.
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Two new city officials, stricter short-term rental terms to go before council
The Memphis City Council will act on the appointments for the city’s CFO and CAO and take final votes to add a pair of city charter change referendums to the Nov. 3 ballot for Memphis voters to decide.
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