Data centers in Tennessee
36 data centers are listed in Tennessee. The cities with the most listings are Nashville (7), Memphis (6), Franklin (5), Clarksville (4) and Gallatin (3); together they hold 69% of them. The operators with the most listings are Google (5), Flexential (4) and xAI (3), out of 17 named operators.
By type, the listings in Tennessee are 42% colocation, 31% unclassified and 17% hyperscaler-owned. Across the United States the colocation share is 49%. By published IT load, the largest single buildings are Flexential Nashville - Franklin (Flexential, 6 MW) and Flexential Nashville - Cool Springs (Flexential, 3.15 MW).
Tennessee ranks 20th of 50 US states by listed facilities, with 1% of the US total. Neighboring states: Georgia (86), North Carolina (47), Alabama (21) and Kentucky (13).
The three operators with the most listings hold 33% of them; 11 of the 17 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 10 MW of IT load across 3 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 4 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (4 Tier III). Tier III: Tierpoint Nashville 1, Tierpoint Nashville 2, Franklin Data Hall B - Phase One and Terevault - TV1.
About Tennessee
Tennessee ranks 20th among US states in the directory, with 36 listed data centers, 1 percent of the 2,612 listed in the United States, run by 17 operators in 10 towns and cities. Nashville has the most with 7, followed by Memphis with 6, Franklin with 5, Clarksville with 4 and Gallatin with 3; Chattanooga has 2.
Google has the most listings, 5, followed by Flexential with 4 and xAI with 3. Compass, EdgeConneX, Lumen and TierPoint have 2 each. 15 records are colocation sites, 6 hyperscale sites and 4 enterprise sites.
Capacity is published as IT load, by 3 buildings: Flexential Nashville – Franklin at 6 MW, Flexential Nashville – Cool Springs, also in Franklin, at 3.1 MW, and DataBank's Memphis MEM1 at 0.5 MW. Floor area is published for 7 buildings. The same two Flexential sites lead, at 80,000 and about 75,000 square feet, followed by the TierPoint Nashville Data Center in Franklin at 52,000 and EdgeConneX's Nashville site at 42,500.
Only 3 listed facilities are recorded as operational and the other 33 carry no status in the data; none is listed as under construction or planned. 4 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, all at Tier III. 28 records have a precise location, and 19 have a building outline mapped in OpenStreetMap.
35 of 36 facilities have coordinates.
Cities
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| 5 | |
| Flexential | 4 |
| xAI | 3 |
| Compass | 2 |
| EdgeConneX | 2 |
| Lumen | 2 |
| BNYM | 1 |
| Centersquare | 1 |
| DataBank | 1 |
| H5 | 1 |
| Meta | 1 |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 1 |
| State of Tennessee | 1 |
| Terenine Technology Solutions | 1 |
| TierPoint | 1 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 1 |
| Verizon | 1 |
Largest data centers in Tennessee by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| Flexential Nashville - Franklin | Flexential | 6 |
| Flexential Nashville - Cool Springs | Flexential | 3.15 |
| DataBank Memphis Data Center (MEM1) | DataBank | 0.45 |
Top 10 of 3 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Uptime Institute certified data centers in Tennessee
| Facility | Operator | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Data Hall B - Phase One | Flexential | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Terevault - TV1 | Terenine Technology Solutions | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Tierpoint Nashville 1 | Compass | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Tierpoint Nashville 2 | Compass | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| VUMC IT Data Center Services | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | M&O Stamp of Approval |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Flexential Nashville - Franklin | Flexential | 80,000 |
| Flexential Nashville - Cool Springs | Flexential | 74,679 |
| TierPoint Nashville Data Center | TierPoint | 52,000 |
| EdgeConneX Nashville, TN | EdgeConneX | 42,500 |
| H5 Nashville, TN Data Center | H5 | 19,700 |
| EdgeConneX Memphis, TN | EdgeConneX | 16,700 |
| DataBank Memphis Data Center (MEM1) | DataBank | 7,090 |