Public statement checked
Answer
Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported as of Chamber release and MLGW update read 1 November 2026 Independent evidence supports part of the claim; the rest is unknown or unsupported. The full statement is not thereby false. How verdicts work →
- Who stated it
- Said by Greater Memphis Chamber · chamber of commerce in xAI Phase One Substation #63 Providing 150MW of Power to Facility · 7 May 2025 →
- What the evidence establishes
- Partly. Memphis Light, Gas and Water said on 5 May 2025 that xAI's site at the former Electrolux plant was receiving 150 MW from the MLGW and TVA grid, but through two substations: 142 MW from the newly built one and 8 MW from an existing MLGW substation. MLGW also said the second 150 MW request was still awaiting a TVA board decision.
- Biggest limitation
- Metered load at the site, whether the second 150 MW has since been approved and energized, and the substation numbering, which MLGW's update does not give.
- Checked
- 1 November 2026 · Next review: TVA board record or MLGW update on the second 150 MW request at the former Electrolux site
Evidence
What the evidence supports
MLGW's public update dated 5 May 2025 says the facility 'is receiving 150MW of power, connected to 2 electric substations (1 existing, 1 newly constructed) providing a total of 150MW of power to the facility' from the TVA/MLGW grid, with 8 MW from an adjacent, pre-existing MLGW substation and 142 MW from a newly constructed substation. It says system impact studies and transmission upgrades for the first 150 MW were completed, the substation was built at xAI's expense, and the TVA board approved 150 MW. For the second 150 MW, MLGW said a second substation was under construction and a TVA board decision was pending. The 150 MW total is supported; the new substation alone accounts for 142 MW in MLGW's account.
Still unknown
Metered load at the site, whether the second 150 MW has since been approved and energized, and the substation numbering, which MLGW's update does not give.
Sources
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xAI Phase One Substation #63 Providing 150MW of Power to Facility → Chamber
Exact location Headline and first paragraph.
What it supports The statement checked.
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MLGW update regarding utility support for xAI → Gov. record
Exact location 'MLGW Utility Support to xAI at its facility on Paul Lowery Rd', Electricity bullets.
What it supports 150 MW total from the grid via two substations (8 MW existing, 142 MW new); second 150 MW pending TVA board decision.
Review details
Scope
- Unit
- grid electric service (MW)
- Geography
- xAI facility at the former Electrolux plant, Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park, Memphis
- Period
- as of 1 to 7 May 2025
- As of
- Chamber release and MLGW update read 1 November 2026
- Confidence
- medium — Municipal utility public update dated two days before the Chamber release; no TVA board record or meter data reviewed.
- Kind
- Public statement checked
Conflicting evidence
None recorded when this claim was checked. That records what we logged, not a finding that no conflicting record exists.
Chronology
- Published — MLGW update regarding utility support for xAI
- Stated by Greater Memphis Chamber
- Published — xAI Phase One Substation #63 Providing 150MW of Power to Facility
- 2 sources retrieved
- Checked by DataCenterData
- Date not established Next review: TVA board record or MLGW update on the second 150 MW request at the former Electrolux site
Corrections and history
No corrections or wording changes recorded for this claim.
Data
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