Who is building SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location)?

SpaceXAI is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location) say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

What has Southaven or DeSoto County decided about it?

Southaven: Department of Justice separately sought to intervene and have the case thrown out, arguing that the matter touches on national security and Mississippi's legal permitting process (reported August 26, 2026, source); and Southaven: In June, SpaceXAI asked that the lawsuit be dismissed (reported August 26, 2026, source). 8 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Reported Built from one source

SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location)

Southaven approved a new SpaceXAI data center, described as the fifth location in the area, and separately the operator shut off 11 temporary turbines that had been powering the Southaven facility. It is reported; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified September 17, 2026 · 4 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land: Not disclosed
Power it would draw: Not disclosed
Water: Not disclosed
Who leads it: SpaceXAI; as stated by the source
Who would use it: Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs: Not disclosed
Tax each year: Not disclosed

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
How much power it needs	Not disclosed
How much water it would use	Not disclosed
How loud it would be	Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs	Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year	Not disclosed

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Last verified
Who is building it	SpaceXAI	as stated by the source	September 17, 2026
Who is constructing it	Not disclosed
How much land	Not disclosed
Where its power comes from	Not disclosed
Grid connection	Not disclosed
How it is cooled	Not disclosed

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of DeSoto County and Southaven about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported August 26, 2026	Southaven	Department of Justice separately sought to intervene and have the case thrown out, arguing that the matter touches on national security and Mississippi's legal permitting process	thecooldown.com
Reported August 26, 2026	Southaven	In June, SpaceXAI asked that the lawsuit be dismissed	thecooldown.com
Reported August 26, 2026	Southaven	In April, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other organizations sued xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, alleging that the plant emits significant amounts of harmful pollutants	thecooldown.com
Reported August 19, 2026	Olive Branch	Hyperscale data centers categorized as Tier 3, requiring mandatory 2,000 foot setback from public schools, residential areas, parks, and roads	yahoo.com
Reported August 19, 2026	Olive Branch	Hyperscale data centers must not exceed 45 decibels between 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and 65 decibels at any time at facility boundaries	yahoo.com
Reported August 19, 2026	Olive Branch	Generator power restricted between 2 and 5 p.m. with highest emission standards required	yahoo.com

2 earlier decisions on the county's rows

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported August 19, 2026	Olive Branch	New ordinance requires data centers to operate closed loop cooling systems	yahoo.com
Reported August 19, 2026	Olive Branch	Olive Branch Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved new zoning ordinance changes restricting data center development	yahoo.com

What happened

No dated entry is on the record yet.

8 corrections to this record

3 source tier relabels, September 23
1 record field corrected, September 23
4 history entries taken off this record, September 17

Every correction, with its reason

September 23, 2026 · the status of a projects row

The stage was set by timeline entries that were returned to draft on 2026-09-17 (they had been published onto the record while it was still a draft skeleton). With no published entry behind it the record reads rumored until one is approved. The old and new text.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

The site

Where in DeSoto County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

This record: Proposed, ringed
data center
Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
Smaller pins: 6 other published records in Mississippi

Details

this record's location, ringed
parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where: Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi
How exactly it is located: County level, the county seat
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records: Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Keep going

The county DeSoto County 2 projects on the record. The state Data centers in Mississippi Every Mississippi project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

4 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

Who is building SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location)?: SpaceXAI is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
How much power and water does SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location) say it needs?: Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location) stand today?: It is reported; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.
What has Southaven or DeSoto County decided about it?: Southaven: Department of Justice separately sought to intervene and have the case thrown out, arguing that the matter touches on national security and Mississippi's legal permitting process (reported August 26, 2026, source); and Southaven: In June, SpaceXAI asked that the lawsuit be dismissed (reported August 26, 2026, source). 8 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

Southaven approves new SpaceXAI data center, fifth location in area - Action News 5, Action News 5, September 2, 2026, local outlet
SpaceXAI shuts off 11 temporary turbines powering Southaven data center - SuperTalk Mississippi Media, SuperTalk Mississippi Media, August 31, 2026, local outlet
Southaven approves new SpaceXAI data center, fifth location in area, www.wlox.com, September 3, 2026, local outlet
Southaven approves new SpaceXAI data center, fifth location in area - Action News 5, Action News 5, September 2, 2026, local outlet

4 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location)", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/spacexai-southaven-data-center-fifth-location-ms, last verified September 17, 2026.

Last verified September 17, 2026, first recorded September 5, 2026. Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug: spacexai-southaven-data-center-fifth-location-ms
Status value: rumored
Stage: Proposed
Tier: skeleton
Tags: skeleton
Place id: us/ms/desoto-county/southaven
Coordinates: 34.8308, -89.9936
Location precision: county
Location source: County seat (Hernando), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source: wikidata county seat
Location source number: Not disclosed
Location last verified: September 16, 2026
EPA registry id: Not disclosed
Use type values: not_disclosed
Tenancy value: not_disclosed
Cooling type value: not_disclosed
Capacity basis: not_disclosed
Water basis: not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis: Not disclosed
Interconnection value: not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed: Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows: Not disclosed
Published: 2026-09-05
Last verified: 2026-09-17