MACROHARDRR
Data center project in Southaven, Mississippi
MACROHARDRR is a data center project in Southaven, Mississippi, under construction, developed by xAI, with a stated size of 2 GW. Last reported January 8, 2026, from 2 sources.
- Status
- Under construction
- Developer
- xAI
- Location
- Southaven, Mississippi
- Stated size
- 2 GW
- Stated investment
- $20B
- Last reported
- ·
- Sources
- 2 sources
- Other companies on the job
- None named yet
Is it moving?
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Permits and filings
- IncentiveIncentive · Approved · msba.com ↗
- Fee-in-lieu agreementsIncentive · Status not stated · msba.com ↗
- Water pollution permit application (MZX Tech)Water · Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality · Filed · worldjournal.com ↗
- Notices of violation for construction without water permitEnvironmental review · Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality · Status not stated · worldjournal.com ↗
- 41 permanent gas turbines approvalAir permit · Mississippi regulators · datacentersexposed.com ↗
- Clean Air Act lawsuitPublic record · datacentersexposed.com ↗
What the sources say
Status
“xAI has confirmed it is set to build a third data center in Mississippi”
Investment
“will invest more than $20 billion in the state”
Size
“with 2 gigawatts of computing power”
Square footage
812,955 sq ft
Announced square footage
roughly 800,000 square feet
Acreage
114 acres
Power capacity
500 MW
Compute capacity
nearly 2 gigawatts
Generators
41 permanent gas turbines approved; 46 turbines on site by May 2026
Utility
Entergy Mississippi (MISO)
Operations start
February 2026
Permanent jobs
hundreds
Investment
$20 billion
Reports behind this page
- xAI confirms new data center in Mississippi, Elon Musk pledges $20bn investment in state - xAI confirms new data center in Mississippi, Elon Musk pledges $20bn investment in state · datacenterdynamics.com ·
- Big Tech Data Centers: Meta's Massive Nuclear Power Deals, $20B by xAI in Mississippi · broadbandbreakfast.com ·
What the full file adds
- General contractorOpen: not named yet
- Electrical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Mechanical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Engineering and commissioningOpen: not named yet
- Power and cooling equipmentOpen: not named yet
- Utility and power supplyOpen: not named yet
- TenantOpen: not named yet
- Investors and lendersOpen: not named yet
- Named builders, suppliers and partnersEvery company the sources name on this job as they are found, each with its source.Ultra
- Buying stage by tradeWhen the electrical, mechanical and other trade work on this job is likely to be bought.Ultra
- Who pays whom4 deals on file: equity, loans, leases, power or equipment, each with its source.Ultra
- Video and satellite readingsHow busy the site looks, wherever public drone or news footage or a satellite image of it is found.Ultra
- Spezia's read of the projectIts construction phase, how likely it is to be built and what is holding it back.Ultra
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- Southaven facilityUnknownSame town · SouthavenxAI495 MW
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