Data Center Construction in Tennessee

Wright Industrial Group announced "Project River" on August 26, 2026, a proposed $11.3B self-powered industrial energy campus on 850 acres of Wright family-owned land in Bradley County, TN, west of I-75 near Cleveland. The campus would generate up to 1,500 MW behind the meter — 500 MW from biomass and 1,000 MW from natural gas — to power a potential data center, semiconductor plant, or advanced ma

This is a blog commentary discussing Anthropic's lease of xAI's Colossus 1 data center capacity and the environmental and supply-chain concerns surrounding the deal.

Community opposition article: DC Blox's proposed 50MW, ~70,000-sq-ft data center near the Nashville Zoo faces intense public resistance. Country music star Brad Paisley called the project "a monstrosity" and urged elected leaders to block it. The Nashville Zoo's petition against the development has nearly 530,000 signatures, and the zoo has filed a zoning appeal to overturn approved permits. Counc