Data Center Registry
DataBank MEM1 (Memphis)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee · All 23 DataBank sites
DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) is an operating data center in Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County), operated by DataBank. The public record puts it at 0.45 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- DataBank
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 7620 Appling Center Drive, Memphis, Shelby County, TN, 38133
- Coordinates
- 35.2025, -89.8097
- Power capacity
- 0.45 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- The STEM Practice Sycamore View AI Data Center · Memphis · Golden Acquisitions / The STEM Practice4 mi · Under construction
- Collierville Enterprise Data Center (FedEx World Technology Center Campus) · Collierville · Aphorio Carter14 mi · Operating
- 5C MEM01 Memphis (former Fred's headquarters) · Memphis · 5C Data Centers14 mi · Proposed · 15 MW
- Neural Nexus Innovation District · Memphis · Legacy Power Capital14 mi · Proposed · Mixed reception
- Colossus · Memphis · xAI15 mi · Operating · 1.2 GW · In litigation
- xAI Southaven · Southaven · xAI17 mi · Operating · 2 GW · In litigation
- Colossus 2 (Whitehaven) · Memphis · xAI19 mi · Operating
- Minihard · Memphis · xAI19 mi · Under construction
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) data center in Memphis?
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) data center?
No lawsuit over DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) appears in the record we track as of September 9, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) use?
No water withdrawal figure for DataBank MEM1 (Memphis) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates DataBank MEM1 (Memphis), and how big is it?
DataBank is the operator on record. We hold 23 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 0.45 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DataBank MEM1 (Memphis)," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/databank-mem1-memphis-tn.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/databank-mem1-memphis-tn, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.7620 Appling Center Drive - Memphis Data Center · DataBank · retrieved August 14, 2026
- 2.Memphis Data Centers & Colocation · Baxtel · retrieved August 14, 2026
- 3.DataBank Memphis MEM1 data center · DataBank · retrieved September 9, 2026
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