The Power to Succeed
New State of the Art AI Campus
The 25 MW Hixson Data Center. McMinnville, Tennessee | Warren County. Purpose-built for high-density GPU workloads. Grid-islanded power. PUE 1.15.
25 MW
Sellable IT Output
1.15
Power Usage Effectiveness
Q1 2028
Opening
About the Facility
Purpose-Built for AI Workloads
The 25MW Hixson Data Center (McMinnville, Tennessee | Warren County) is a medium-scale, high-density GPU campus purpose-built for AI workloads. It bridges the gap between boutique edge sites and hyperscale cloud regions while providing state-of-the-art amenities.
Our PUE design target of 1.15 reflects an efficient, purpose-built cooling architecture using direct-to-chip liquid cooling with economizer heat exchangers. With on-site prime power, we have no reliance on the electric grid, ensuring stable uptime and resilience.
Connectivity
Low-Latency Access to Major Network Hubs
Low-latency access to major network hubs from McMinnville, Tennessee | Warren County via a regional fiber provider with multiple backbone Points-of-Presence (POPs).
Regional POP footprint: Nashville • Atlanta (2 POPs) • Northern Virginia (Ashburn)
Typical round-trip latency (RTT) to provider POPs (ICMP ping):
- Nashville: ~5 ms
- Atlanta: ~6 ms
- Ashburn, VA: ~23 ms
Backbone resilience: dual connectivity into multiple top-tier / top-10 global networks (ASNs) across POPs.
Facility Specifications
Built for Enterprise AI
| Sellable IT capacity | 25 MW (single tenant) |
| Power architecture | Grid-islanded / on-site generation (no utility intertie assumed in concept) |
| On-site firm power | Bloom SOFC: 33.15 MW nameplate; 30.0 MW guaranteed capacity |
| Battery energy storage | 25 MW BESS (concept basis; final redundancy/quantity in detailed design) |
| Tertiary generation | 8 × 4.4 MW continuous diesel generators @ 13.8 kV |
| MV distribution | 13.8 kV distribution concept with ring-bus routing and closed-transition switching |
| Rack power density | AI racks: 132 kVA per rack (GB200 NVL72 basis) · Network/storage: 22 kVA |
| IT power delivery | Dual-corded IT; 1250A busway basis; PDUs 2000 kVA, 480 → 415/240 V |
| UPS topology | Central UPS in concept basis |
| Cooling methodology | Direct-to-chip via CDUs (25% propylene glycol) + chilled-water AHUs + hot aisle containment + economizer heat exchangers |
| Redundancy posture | Designed for 24/7 continuous operation with N+1 or higher redundancy by system |
| Building | ~96,064 SF (two-level concept) |
| Connectivity | Regional fiber with POPs: Nashville, Atlanta (2), Ashburn; dual connectivity to top-tier ASNs |
| Efficiency metric | PUE design target 1.15 |
Site Advantages
McMinnville, Tennessee | Warren County
Why This Site
Grid-Independent Power
Designed to deliver 25 MW IT load without reliance on utility interconnection timelines. Regional power demand growth is driving longer utility planning cycles; our islanded architecture reduces schedule dependence on grid upgrades.
Site Owned & Controlled
Site is already owned — no land acquisition risk or timeline uncertainty.
Industrial Location
Industrial zoned land with adjacency to transportation corridors and Railroad Spur.
High-Density AI Design
Purpose-built for high-density AI workloads. GB200 NVL72 rack basis at 132 kVA per rack — not a retrofit of legacy infrastructure.
D2C Liquid Cooling
Direct-to-chip liquid cooling with economizer heat exchangers. Designed for the thermal demands of next-generation GPU hardware. PUE design target 1.15.
Business-Friendly Jurisdiction
Tennessee: no state personal income tax, competitive franchise and excise tax rates, pro-business regulatory environment with recent Tennessee Works Tax Act relief, and lower land and construction costs versus primary data center markets (Northern Virginia, Dallas, Phoenix).
Partners & Progress
Institutional Execution
Ray Hixson
Managing Principal
Alex Hixson
Director of Development
Fluor Corporation
FEED Study & Class 5 Estimate
Bloom Energy
On-Site Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power
S&ME
Environmental & Geotechnical
FlexGen
Battery Energy Storage Systems
Stowers Cat
Diesel Generator Supply — Caterpillar Dealer
Brian E Morgan
Surveyor
MTNG / Middle Tennessee Natural Gas
Natural Gas Supply
Ben Lomand
Internet & Connectivity
Security & Compliance
Institutional-Grade Security
Detailed security architecture (camera layouts, access point counts, staffing model, retention policies) will be finalized in detailed design and aligned to tenant security requirements.
Physical Security
- Controlled perimeter with security fencing and controlled site gates
- Security gates with remote access as part of site circulation
- Guard shack and campus entrance security included in project scope
- Lobby & Security area with Secure Corridor and dedicated Security room
- Surveillance (CCTV), card access systems carried in scope
- Dedicated CCTV room and Security Operations Center in building program
Compliance Roadmap
Design-based items reflect current concept documents. Roadmap items are targets for the operating phase.
- SOC 2 Type II — operational controls + audit (planned)
- ISO 27001 — information security management system (planned)
- NIST framework alignment (planned)
- Export-controlled workload readiness — ITAR-style (planned option)
Monitoring & Safety
Design basis references International Building Codes, Uptime Institute guidelines, and ASHRAE standards.
Formal security policies and runbooks — incident response, change management, vendor access, visitor management, media handling, camera retention — planned as operational program.
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Get in Touch
McMinnville, Tennessee | Warren County
Alex Hixson
Director of Development
Alex@HixsonDC.com
For assistance accessing the data room, or for partnership and technical inquiries, please contact us.