DeSoto County, Mississippi
DataCentersExposed tracks 1 AI data center in DeSoto County, Mississippi — 1 operating and 0 in the pipeline, drawing 500 MW of reported power demand, led by xAI Corp.. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
DeSoto County, Mississippi has 1 tracked data center, 1 of them operating. Its composite data-center risk score is 4 out of 100 — see the breakdown above for which factors drive it.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 7
- Power demand · 0
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in DeSoto County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 500 MW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
xAI Corp. has the largest presence in DeSoto County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| xAI Colossus 2 — Southaven Turbine Plant Southaven | xAI Corp. | 500 |
County commissioners
How the DeSoto County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.