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648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi

A 648-acre data center has been proposed in Clarksdale, northern Mississippi. On Monday, city officials held an informational meeting on a potential project planned for agricultural land between the Sunflower River and Tallahatchie Street.The city’s board of commissioners had considered a rezo...

March 17, 2026

Mississippi

Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has received approval to install 41 natural gas turbines at a site in Mississippi, generating up to 1.2GW to power its local data centers.The turbines, which will be installed at a former Duke Energy power plant site in Southaven, will be used to power xAI’s Colossus...

March 11, 2026

Mississippi

Mississippi Governor Labels Data Center Moratoriums as “Civilizational Suicide”

The governor of Mississippi hit back at calls to pause data center construction across the US. Governor Tate Reeves claimed that those seeking a data center moratorium were "yearning to submit our society to outside forces: mobs, international councils, or communist China.""I understand indivi...

February 24, 2026

Mississippi

Avaio to Develop $6bn Data Center Campus in Little Rock, Arkansas

Avaio Digital Partners this week announced plans for a new data center hub near Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Known as Avaio Digital Leo, Avaio is currently contracted with Entergy Arkansas for 150MW of power, but the company anticipates power demand of up to 1GW as the 760-acre cam...

January 14, 2026

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xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has confirmed it is set to build a third data center in Mississippi, and will invest more than $20 billion in the state. The data center in Southhaven, DeSoto County, which will be known as MACROHARDRR – an apparent dig at Microsoft – will supply compute power for th...

January 09, 2026

Mississippi

Avaio Targets $6bn Mississippi Data Center Campus

Data center developer Avaio Digital Partners this week announced plans for a new $6 billion data center campus in Mississippi's Rankin County. The campus, known as Avaio Digital Taurus, will total 600,000 sq ft (55,742 sqm) of data center space and 116MW of capacity. The company said the proje...

August 20, 2025

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