Memphis data center tax revenue to fund $3.28 million in community investments near xAI facilities

What Louisville can learn from Memphis as communities push back against data centers

An environmental justice nonprofit leader discusses how Memphis, Tennessee communities have responded to data centers and their effect on community health.

Memphis data center tax revenue to fund $3.28 million in community investments near xAI facilities

Mayor Paul Young presented his proposal for use of $3.28 million in FY2026 revenues gathered from a groundbreaking property tax targeting data centers during the Tuesday, July 21 meeting. Passed by the Memphis City Council in 2025, the Community Benefit Ordinance tax is expected to generate $100 million for the city. Twenty-five percent will be spent directly on the communities that lie within a five-mile radius of data centers.