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Data center campus · Arnold Air Force Base, near Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee

Arnold Air Force Base AI data center land offering

Withdrawn as of June 1, 2026

The Air Force offered land at Arnold as one of five bases for AI data centers; it drew local pushback and ended without proposals in mid-2026. Also known as: AEDC, Enhanced Use Lease offering.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found

Who is behind it

ProjectArnold Air Force Base AI data center land offeringAlso: AEDC, Enhanced Use Lease offering
Developer and teamAir Force Civil Engineering Center (land offered under Enhanced Use Lease)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Coffee County still adopted a one-year moratorium on new data centers. (WTVF NewsChannel 5, June 10, 2026; Tennessee Lookout, June 15, 2026)

  2. The base announced that no proposals would come for its parcels, and base officials said a center would not locate there soon. (WTVC NewsChannel 9, June 3, 2026; Tullahoma News, June 1, 2026)

  3. Proposal deadline for the Air Force's offering, which also covered Edwards, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Davis-Monthan and Robins. (Arnold Air Force Base, undated; WKRN, June 2, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • No acreage or power figure appears in what we opened, so the record cannot show whether this meets the size floor; it is kept as contested.
  • WTVC's story also carries a statement attributed to Hixson about environmental work at 191 Industrial Drive and on-site fuel cells. That does not fit the base's announcement and may belong to the Hixson project in McMinnville; we could not confirm the link.
  • Coordinates are approximate, from the base location.

The full record

Status note
The base said potential bidders would not submit proposals for its parcels by the May 29, 2026 deadline.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.