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Data centers in Southaven, Mississippi

Southaven has 2 data centers on the record: 2 proposed. Southaven has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: 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, August 26, 2026. DeSoto County's own decisions are on the DeSoto County page.

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The 2 data centers in Southaven

Newest activity first

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Reported In courtBuilt from one source

    xAI Southaven turbine site

    Southaven, DeSoto County · SpaceX

    Latest, reported September 21, 2026: SpaceXAI facility at 2875 Stanton Road in Southaven operating with multiple jet engines powering natural gas turbines dailymemphian.com local outlet

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    xAI Colossus 1, Memphis, TN, xAI Colossus 2, Memphis, TN
  2. Reported Built from one source

    SpaceXAI Southaven Data Center (Fifth Location)

    Southaven, DeSoto County · SpaceXAI

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

2 data centers in Southaven: all proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Southaven's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

What Southaven has decided

1 body, 2 decisions on the record

What the city has done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day.

  1. Southavencity

    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.

    thecooldown.com local outlet

    no published rating
    2 acts on this row
    1. event

      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 local outlet

    2. litigation

      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 local outlet

    Last verified August 26, 2026.

The rules across Mississippi.

What was said

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said the developments represent more than $20 billion in investment
Tate Reeves, Mississippi Governor · August 26, 2026 · paraphrased · Yahoo local outlet
Krystal Polk said her family used the property to raise livestock, grow food, and host holidays and milestone celebrations in Southaven, and those conditions have been replaced by nonstop noise and concerns about air quality from a power plant that serves Musk's SpaceXAI data centers
Krystal Polk, landowner · August 26, 2026 · paraphrased · Yahoo local outlet
A separate review by EmPower Analytics Group concluded that swapping 69 temporary turbines for 41 permanent ones would still increase local air pollution and disproportionately affect Black communities
EmPower Analytics Group · August 26, 2026 · paraphrased · Yahoo local outlet

Every Mississippi statement, by speaker

4 more statements on this page

company statement

SpaceXAI said in a July press release that it intends to invest millions in sound walls and silencers using advanced quieting technologies

August 26, 2026, Yahoo · Yahoo local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Southaven and Horn Lake residents in the class action against xAI, SpaceX and MZX Tech

Turbines produce roaring, rumbling, humming, whining, and low frequency vibrations 24 hours a day

June 17, 2026, lawmbg.com · lawmbg.com primary source · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Southaven residents suing xAI over turbine noise

Methane gas turbines powering xAI data centers create noise and vibrations

June 10, 2026, mississippifreepress.org · mississippifreepress.org local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Southaven residents suing xAI over turbine noise

Noise disrupts sleep and prevents use and enjoyment of outdoor and indoor living spaces

June 10, 2026, mississippifreepress.org · mississippifreepress.org local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 2 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Permanent jobsNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Tax each yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed2Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Southaven are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Southaven are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ms/desoto-county/southaven, updated September 21, 2026.

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