1 data center project in Ridgeland City
Who decides here: the City Council of Ridgeland City votes on zoning. The Madison County may review big projects too.
In Ridgeland City
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Proposed data center site on Forest Avenue in northwest Jackson (Saxum rezoning)
Jackson, Hinds County
230 acres
🕒 June 22, 2026: City Council leaders said no data center will be approved until the rules are final; a s…
Approved, not built yetabout 12 miles awayAmazon data center in the former Delphi plant in Clinton
Clinton, Hinds County
for Amazon Web Services
🕒 April 9, 2026: Gov. Reeves announced Amazon will spend $1 billion to retrofit the former Delphi buildin…
Being builtabout 14 miles awayAVAIO Digital "Taurus" data center campus in Brandon
Brandon, Rankin County
175 acres
🕒 Sept 2025: Nearly 1,000 people signed a petition asking Rankin County supervisors for written promi…
Local votes and rules
📌 Other · Madison County
Supervisors adopted the tax assessor's value of about $292 million for each of Amazon's five buildings at the Mega Site. Amazon had argued for about $70 million each and would not share its building costs. Amazon pays under a fee-in-lieu deal that also repays a $215 million state loan. Talks were to continue.
📜 Data center rules
Ridgeland changed its zoning rules in April 2026 to better control data centers, including how far one can be from homes. Amazon's campus in Ridgeland was already being built. The exact numbers were not published in the news.
🗺️ Zoning change
Ordinance 2023-09 added data centers, and the equipment around them like backup generators and transformers, as allowed uses in the Technical Industrial Park District. The goal was to promote building along Highland Colony Parkway. Vote was 6-0 with one absent.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Ridgeland 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 Ridgeland City: Entergy Mississippi LLC (company) or Yazoo Valley Electric Power Assn (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
- How many buildings will the Ridgeland campus have when finished?
- How many of the 800+ diesel generators are at the Ridgeland site?
- Will pumping groundwater affect nearby wells?