3 data center projects in Southaven City
Who decides here: the City Council of Southaven City votes on zoning. The DeSoto County may review big projects too.
In Southaven City
xAI "MACROHARDRR" data center on Stateline Road in Southaven
Southaven, DeSoto County
105 acres · for xAI
🕒 Jan 8, 2026: Gov. Tate Reeves announced the $20 billion+ project, the largest in state history, with …
Built & runningxAI gas turbine power plant on Stanton Road in Southaven (powers xAI data centers)
Southaven, DeSoto County
for xAI (Colossus 2 data center in Memphis, Tenn., and Southaven sites)
🕒 July 31, 2026: xAI said it will remove all 69 temporary turbines from the Stanton Road site between Aug…
Approved, not built yetSpaceXAI data center at Southaven's old training facility on Tulane Road
Southaven, DeSoto County
51 acres · for xAI
🕒 Sept 2026: Southaven Board of Aldermen approved plans for a 660,000 sq ft data center on the city's…
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
Aldermen approved plans for a 660,000 sq ft SpaceXAI data center on the city's old 51-acre training site on Tulane Road. The company got the land in a land swap and paid $40 million toward a new city training center. One alderman voted no, asking the company to finish earlier promises first.
⚖️ Court case
The NAACP, with the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, sued xAI and MZX Tech. They say the company ran dozens of gas turbines in Southaven without an air permit, breaking the Clean Air Act. They ask the court to stop the unpermitted turbines, require pollution controls and fine the company.
📌 Other
The Southern Environmental Law Center appealed the state air permit for xAI's Southaven gas turbines on behalf of the NAACP, Young Gifted & Green and the Safe and Sound Coalition. They say the permit should not have been granted because of the pollution.
🤝 Agreement with the company
DeSoto County and the City of Southaven made a deal with xAI's company MZX Tech LLC to pay a set fee instead of regular property taxes (fee in lieu). It went to the state development agency (MDA) for final approval on Dec. 30, 2025; a second one went on Feb. 24, 2026. The terms were not in the agenda.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Southaven City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Southaven City: Entergy Mississippi LLC (company) or City of West Memphis (run by the town) or Coahoma Electric Power Assn (not available) or Northcentral Mississippi E P A (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Mississippi.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Is the data center fully running yet, and how much power does it use?
- How much water does it use for cooling?
- How many permanent jobs are there? The state said 'hundreds'.
- What are the terms of the fee-in-lieu-of-taxes deals with Southaven and DeSoto County?
- What is the outcome of the appeal of the air permit?
- When will the last temporary turbines be removed?
- How much air pollution will the permanent plant release each year?
- How much power and water will this data center use?
- When will construction start?
- What else did the city agree to in the land swap?