Lee highlights $11B in 2025 investments, seeks $25M for nuclear fund and launches Tennessee Quantum Initiative

In his address, Gov. Bill Lee credited the General Assembly’s policies for attracting private investment—saying more than $11 billion flowed into Tennessee in 2025—and pointed to projects such as Blue Oval City as examples of the state’s business environment.

He said the state’s nuclear fund has recruited approximately $8 billion in private investment and proposed adding $25 million to that fund this year. Lee also announced the Tennessee Quantum Initiative, a statewide effort intended to expand quantum research, infrastructure and workforce development; he said fuller details would be released later.

The remarks positioned energy, advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies as pillars of Tennessee’s economic strategy. The address did not include implementing appropriations or statutory language for the quantum initiative; those details would follow in subsequent proposals and administrative planning.