Tennessee interconnection queue
53 interconnection applications are pending in Tennessee, requesting 13.8 GW of new generating capacity across 24 counties, as of 15 August 2026. That places Tennessee #34 of 47 states by capacity queued.
Pending applications
53
of 327 ever filed
Capacity queued
13.8 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
6.2 GW
29 connected
Built vs decided
10.6%
245 withdrawn
Counties in the queue
24
with five or more filings
Large load requested
none recorded
0 requests
Source: the interconnection queues of every transmission provider operating in Tennessee. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 15 August 2026.
Which queues serve Tennessee
What is waiting in Tennessee, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | 15 | 10.7 GW |
| Solar | 18 | 2.1 GW |
| Battery | 6 | 747 MW |
| Hydro | 10 | 170 MW |
| Nuclear | 4 | 105 MW |
Counties with the most capacity queued
| County | Pending | Capacity queued | Already built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trousdale County | 2 | 2.4 GW | 0 MW |
| Shelby County | 7 | 1.8 GW | 760 MW |
| Haywood County | 3 | 1.2 GW | 1.4 GW |
| Humphreys County | 3 | 950 MW | 350 MW |
| Fayette County | 2 | 839 MW | 0 MW |
| Hawkins County | 2 | 325 MW | 951 MW |
| Hardeman County | 1 | 250 MW | 20 MW |
| Lawrence County | 1 | 195 MW | 0 MW |
| Lake County | 3 | 177 MW | 0 MW |
| McNairy County | 2 | 162 MW | 0 MW |
| Hamilton County | 5 | 103 MW | 4 MW |
| Maury County | 1 | 100 MW | 0 MW |
| Marion County | 5 | 83 MW | 4 MW |
| Anderson County | 0 | 0 MW | 85 MW |
| Franklin County | 0 | 0 MW | 0 MW |
| Gibson County | 0 | 0 MW | 0 MW |
| Grundy County | 0 | 0 MW | 0 MW |
| Madison County | 0 | 0 MW | 0 MW |
| Montgomery County | 0 | 0 MW | 0 MW |
| Obion County | 0 | 0 MW | 100 MW |
| Rhea County | 0 | 0 MW | 1.3 GW |
| Robertson County | 0 | 0 MW | 0 MW |
| Sullivan County | 0 | 0 MW | 18 MW |
| Weakley County | 0 | 0 MW | 600 MW |
Data centre campuses recorded in Tennessee
| Campus | Operator | Reported demand |
|---|---|---|
| Colossus 2 | SpaceXAI | 946 MW |
| Colossus 1 | SpaceXAI | 340 MW |
| Meta Gallatin | Meta | 87 MW |
A campus is tagged as a data centre by our classification, not by the operator’s own statement. 44 of the 72 campuses we hold carry coordinates, so only those can be mapped.
Tennessee on the map
Every application above is plotted, searchable and clickable.