AWS Likely Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, Mississippi

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly planning a $750 million data center project in Clinton, Mississippi. While the company has not been officially confirmed, WLBT3 reports that a quitclaim deed shows Amazon acquired the 99-acre site on February 13.

The data center will be located at 1001 Industrial Park Drive in Clinton, part of the Clinton Industrial Park. The site was formerly the home of Milwaukee Tool, and will see the existing building redeveloped for the data center.

In light of community concern about the project, Mayor Will Purdie posted a statement on March 3 on Facebook regarding the data center, writing that “while some construction activities to rehabilitate the building have begun, the project developer is in ongoing negotiations about some aspects of the project, which is why no public announcement has been made.”

He noted that many concerns are related to the xAI data center in Mississippi, which has raised questions about potential noise and air pollution.

“The project proposed in Clinton is fundamentally different,” Purdie said, adding: “The proposed Clinton project does not involve a power plant and will use power supplied by Entergy through the existing power grid… the proposed location is deep within an established industrial area, well remove d from residential neighborhoods.”

In addition, Purdie notes that the data center will not impact rate payers, and the data center will not use potable water for cooling purposes. "This will be the largest economic development project in the history of the City and Hinds County, and will inject millions of dollars per year directly into not only the City of Clinton’s budget, but also additional millions yearly into the budget of the Clinton Public School District.”