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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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Development

MDEQ Issued Traceview’s Air Permit Oct. 14. The $1 Billion Ridgeland Gas Plant Can Now Build.

The 754-megawatt plant Entergy says data centers help pay for cleared its last major state environmental hurdle on Oct. 14, and a pretreatment draft went to the facility a day later.

October 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Development

MDEQ Has Now Answered the Traceview Comments. The Permit Board Votes Oct. 13.

MDEQ posted its formal response to public comments on Entergy’s 754-megawatt Ridgeland plant, the document the Permit Board will use to decide Tuesday. A newly posted transcript also shows Ridgeland’s zoning board voted no before aldermen overrode it.

October 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Development

Entergy’s $1 Billion Ridgeland Power Plant Goes to the Permit Board Oct. 13. The Public Comment Record Is Already 88 Pages.

MDEQ’s air division has concluded the 754-megawatt Traceview plant can meet every state and federal standard, and the decision now rests with a nine-member board that meets the second Tuesday of each month. The draft permit’s own fine print says the permit expires if construction does not begin within 18 months.

October 6, 2026 · 5 min read

Development

Jackson’s Data Center Ban Expires Jan. 23. The Ordinance That Replaces It Is Still a Draft.

The 183-day moratorium the council passed July 14 runs out in about 16 weeks, and the city attorney told the council in August there is no new draft ready. A 230-acre rezoning request in northwest Jackson is waiting on it.

October 1, 2026 · 5 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. October 22, 2026MDEQ Issued Traceview’s Air Permit Oct. 14. The $1 Billion Ridgeland Gas Plant Can Now Build.
  2. October 11, 2026MDEQ Has Now Answered the Traceview Comments. The Permit Board Votes Oct. 13.
  3. October 6, 2026Entergy’s $1 Billion Ridgeland Power Plant Goes to the Permit Board Oct. 13. The Public Comment Record Is Already 88 Pages.
  4. October 1, 2026Jackson’s Data Center Ban Expires Jan. 23. The Ordinance That Replaces It Is Still a Draft.
  5. September 18, 2026We Read Amazon’s 45-Page Water Contract With Ridgeland. Here Is What It Actually Says About Jackson.
  6. September 16, 2026Jackson Should Say No to Data Centers. Here Is Every Argument for Them, and Why Each One Fails.
  7. September 13, 2026The Officials Who Actually Vote on Data Centers Meet in Jackson This Week
  8. September 12, 2026Jackson’s Data Center Ban Has a Clock. The Ordinance It Was Meant to Buy Still Doesn’t Exist.
  9. September 9, 2026Madison County Approves $48M Conference Center Bond After a 3-2 Fight Over the Fine Print
  10. September 1, 2026Jackson’s Data Center Moratorium Is Ticking. The Ordinance Isn’t Drafted.
  11. August 18, 2026Jackson’s Own Consultant Warned Data Centers Strain a Water System Under Federal Control
  12. August 13, 2026Jackson’s Data Center Ban Takes Effect Thursday. Two Days Earlier, the Council Asked Where to Put Them.
  13. July 28, 2026A $100 Million Development Is Rising in Ridgeland. One Man Is Behind It, and Behind Jackson’s AI Campus Too.
  14. July 21, 2026Horhn Says No Lake Hico Data Center in the Works as Federal Judge Questions Water Impact
  15. July 20, 2026Vicksburg Residents Protest $3 Billion AWS Data Center Planned Near Elementary School
  16. July 18, 2026Records Show Horhn Administration Quietly Planned Lake Hico Data Center Hub for Months
  17. July 17, 2026Jackson Passes State’s First Data Center Moratorium, 5-2, After Months of Debate
  18. July 10, 2026Data Center Moratorium Heads to a Vote. The Council Is Split.
  19. July 8, 2026Residents Packed Two Meetings Monday. They Did Not Ask for a Moratorium. They Asked for a Ban.
  20. July 7, 2026Jackson Edges Closer to a Data Center Moratorium After Two Meetings in One Day
  21. July 5, 2026Jackson Council to Vote on Data Center Moratorium at Monday Hearing
  22. July 5, 2026New York Spent the Week Rationing Electricity. Jackson Is About to Decide How Much of Its Grid to Sell.
  23. July 4, 2026Jackson’s Data Center Fight Moves to July 14. Here Is What the Council Is Writing.
  24. July 3, 2026Jackson’s Data Center Fight Comes to a Head on July 14
  25. June 15, 2026Jackson Can’t Keep Its Own Water On. Now They Want to Sell It to a Server Farm.
  26. June 15, 2026The Loudest Data Center Fight Is in Jackson. The Bigger One Just Got a Green Light by Silence.
  27. June 13, 2026Jackson Held a Data Center Forum. The Real Decisions Come June 22 and 24.
  28. May 25, 2026Data Centers Are Coming to Metro Jackson, and the Debate Is Heating Up

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