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The Beat · AI Infrastructure in Mississippi

Data Centers

Mississippi went from two announced data center projects to seven in a year. The Wire is tracking every one, every hearing, every regulatory filing.

At a glance

Projects in metro Jackson
7 announced
Largest disclosed investment
$25B+ (AWS, Madison)
Next major decision
Jun 24 · Saxum rezoning vote
Open PSC docket
2026-AD-10 (Prado AI)

Active Projects

Saxum (Northwest Jackson)

Saxum Investment Company

Location
230 acres south of Forest Ave, between I-220 and Medgar Evers Blvd
Status
Rezoning request before Jackson Planning Board
Next
Jun 24, 2026 — board reconsiders application

Prado AI (location undisclosed)

Prado AI / Gabriel Prado

Location
Ridgeland or undisclosed Jackson metro site
Status
Pursuing off-grid permit after PSC declined declaratory ruling
Next
Permit application pending; opposed by Miss. Power, Entergy

AWS Madison County campuses

Amazon Web Services

Location
Madison County, Ridgeland, Clinton, Warren County
Status
Announced — ~$25B disclosed investment
Next
Construction ongoing

Latest Coverage

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General News

Jackson's Data Center Moratorium Is Ticking. The Ordinance Isn't Drafted.

The council paused data center construction for 183 days in July, then voted in August to explore sites anyway. The clock runs out in January, and the city's zoning code still has no definition for a data center.

September 1, 2026 · 3 min read

General News

Jackson's Own Consultant Warned Data Centers Strain a Water System Under Federal Control

A week after the council voted to explore data center sites, records show the city's hired consultant cautioned that the industry's defining input, water, is the one most directly tied to Jackson's vulnerabilities.

August 18, 2026 · 4 min read

General News

Jackson's Data Center Ban Takes Effect Thursday. Two Days Earlier, the Council Asked Where to Put Them.

The six-month moratorium on data centers goes into force today, banning them at most Jackson locations. On Tuesday the council voted 5-2 to urge the administration to find places to build them anyway.

August 13, 2026 · 4 min read

Commercial Real Estate

A $100 Million Development Is Rising in Ridgeland. One Man Is Behind It, and Behind Jackson's AI Campus Too.

Prado Vista will put a county-owned conference center, a 250-room luxury hotel, and four restaurants on 77 acres off I-55. The developer is Gabriel Prado, the same man asking to build an off-grid AI campus while Jackson debates banning data centers.

July 28, 2026 · 4 min read

Key Dates

  1. Apr 2026

    Prado AI files PSC Docket 2026-AD-10 seeking off-grid power-plant ruling.

  2. Late May 2026

    PSC declines to rule, calling Prado's request "premature and primarily hypothetical." Mississippi Power and Entergy Mississippi intervene.

  3. Late May 2026

    Saxum files rezoning request for 230 acres in northwest Jackson. Planning Board meeting draws protesters.

  4. Early Jun 2026

    Council President Brian Grizzell proposes six-month moratorium on data center construction. Tabled after City Attorney warns of procedural defect.

  5. Jun 24, 2026

    Saxum rezoning application returns to Planning Board.

The Players

  • Saxum Investment Company

    Developer (New Jersey)

  • Prado AI / Gabriel Prado

    Developer (Jackson)

  • Amazon Web Services

    Operating four metro campuses

  • Mississippi Public Service Commission

    State utility regulator

  • Mississippi Power

    Incumbent utility opposing Prado deregulation

  • Entergy Mississippi

    Incumbent utility opposing Prado deregulation

  • Jackson City Council

    Considers zoning and moratorium

  • Council President Brian Grizzell

    Moratorium sponsor

All Coverage

  1. September 1, 2026Jackson's Data Center Moratorium Is Ticking. The Ordinance Isn't Drafted.
  2. August 18, 2026Jackson's Own Consultant Warned Data Centers Strain a Water System Under Federal Control
  3. August 13, 2026Jackson's Data Center Ban Takes Effect Thursday. Two Days Earlier, the Council Asked Where to Put Them.
  4. July 28, 2026A $100 Million Development Is Rising in Ridgeland. One Man Is Behind It, and Behind Jackson's AI Campus Too.
  5. July 21, 2026Horhn Says No Lake Hico Data Center in the Works as Federal Judge Questions Water Impact
  6. July 20, 2026Vicksburg Residents Protest $3 Billion AWS Data Center Planned Near Elementary School
  7. July 18, 2026Records Show Horhn Administration Quietly Planned Lake Hico Data Center Hub for Months
  8. July 17, 2026Jackson Passes State's First Data Center Moratorium, 5-2, After Months of Debate
  9. July 10, 2026Data Center Moratorium Heads to a Vote. The Council Is Split.
  10. July 8, 2026Residents Packed Two Meetings Monday. They Did Not Ask for a Moratorium. They Asked for a Ban.
  11. July 7, 2026Jackson Edges Closer to a Data Center Moratorium After Two Meetings in One Day
  12. July 5, 2026Jackson Council to Vote on Data Center Moratorium at Monday Hearing
  13. July 5, 2026New York Spent the Week Rationing Electricity. Jackson Is About to Decide How Much of Its Grid to Sell.
  14. July 4, 2026Jackson's Data Center Fight Moves to July 14. Here Is What the Council Is Writing.
  15. July 3, 2026Jackson's Data Center Fight Comes to a Head on July 14
  16. June 15, 2026Jackson Can't Keep Its Own Water On. Now They Want to Sell It to a Server Farm.
  17. June 15, 2026The Loudest Data Center Fight Is in Jackson. The Bigger One Just Got a Green Light by Silence.
  18. June 13, 2026Jackson Held a Data Center Forum. The Real Decisions Come June 22 and 24.
  19. May 25, 2026Data Centers Are Coming to Metro Jackson, and the Debate Is Heating Up

19 articles on data centers in metro Jackson. New coverage is added automatically.