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Neural Nexus Innovation District

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

ProposedMixed receptionAI confirmedRecord updated September 13, 2026

Neural Nexus Innovation District is a proposed data center in Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County), operated by Legacy Power Capital. The public record puts it at a reported $9.4 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Legacy Power Capital
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Coordinates
35.1428, -90.0500 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$9.4 billion
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
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Neural Nexus Innovation District in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee appear in the record, with no clear majority position. No opposition or hearing documented in the sources fetched this run; flagged mixed only because the project includes a public tax-increment mechanism (25% of district tax revenue redirected to a 5-mile radius) that has not yet been through a public approval process as of the 2025-12-10 announcement.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

No opposition or hearing documented in the sources fetched this run; flagged mixed only because the project includes a public tax-increment mechanism (25% of district tax revenue redirected to a 5-mile radius) that has not yet been through a public approval process as of the 2025-12-10 announcement.

Source: Greater Memphis Chamber

Notes on the record

Announced 2025-12-10 (per the Chamber press release dateline: 'MEMPHIS, TN. Wednesday, December 10, 2025'). Located on 'two full city blocks' in downtown Memphis described both as 'adjacent to FedExForum and Beale Street' and 'across from AutoZone Park' (Downtown Memphis Commission) -- these are the same downtown block cluster, but no street address or parcel has been published, so this pin uses the AutoZone Park landmark centroid, disclosed as approximate. Total project investment reported as $9.4B mixed-use (housing, retail, hotel, innovation center) anchored by a cloud data center; a separate reported first-phase figure of ~$400M and ~70MW of power (seen in secondary aggregation, not independently fetched this run) is omitted pending verification against a fetched primary source. Site is the former location of The Walk development on Union Avenue.

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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Neural Nexus Innovation District data center in Memphis?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Neural Nexus Innovation District in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee appear in the record, with no clear majority position. No opposition or hearing documented in the sources fetched this run; flagged mixed only because the project includes a public tax-increment mechanism (25% of district tax revenue redirected to a 5-mile radius) that has not yet been through a public approval process as of the 2025-12-10 announcement.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Neural Nexus Innovation District data center?

No lawsuit over Neural Nexus Innovation District appears in the record we track as of September 13, 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 Neural Nexus Innovation District use?

No water withdrawal figure for Neural Nexus Innovation District 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 Neural Nexus Innovation District, and how big is it?

Legacy Power Capital is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Neural Nexus Innovation District," updated September 13, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/neural-nexus-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/neural-nexus-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. 1.Legacy Power Capital Announces "Neural Nexus" Innovation District in Downtown Memphis - Greater Memphis Chamber · Greater Memphis Chamber · retrieved September 13, 2026
  2. 2.Downtown Memphis to Get $9.4 Billion "Neural Nexus" Mixed-Use Development · Downtown Memphis Commission · retrieved September 13, 2026

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