AWS Project Atlas – Madison County Mega Site (Canton)
Amazon Web Services is building a 1000 MW data center in Madison County, Mississippi (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1000 MW
- Investment
- $10B
- Site
- 927 acres
- Reported jobs
- 1,000
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Amazon Web Services builds
Operator
Amazon Web Services
Utility
Entergy Mississippi
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- this year
Construction start
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 2 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2026.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2024.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2024.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 3, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasEPA EPA facility registryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Amazon Web Services
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1000 MW
- Reported investment
- $10B
- Site area
- 927 acres
- Reported jobs
- 1,000
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2024
- Construction start reported
- 2026
Site
- City
- Ridgeland
- County
- Madison
- State
- Mississippi
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Entergy Mississippi
- Power source
- Solar
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- EPA air permit
- Major Emissions
- EPA compliance status
- Violation Identified
- Incentives reported
- Project Atlas – Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act package (Mississippi); Fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement (Madison County)
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | AWS Costas Property Campus (Ridgeland) | Under construction | Not reported |
| Compute Atlas | AWS Project Atlas – Madison County Mega Site (Canton) | Under construction | 1000 MW |
| EPA ECHO | Amazon.com Services LLC - JAN1 | Operating | Not reported |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 10, 2026 · Record: aws-costas-ridgeland-ms
- CAMagnolia Tribune (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CAMississippi Free Press (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 9, 2026 · Record: aws-project-atlas-madison-county-ms
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAAbout Amazon (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CASite Selection Magazine (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 17, 2026
- CAMississippi Free Press (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CAMississippi Free Press (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- EPAEPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 110071424758
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 179527040662796
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · US EPA Facility Registry Service via ECHO (public domain). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “AWS Project Atlas – Madison County Mega Site (Canton)”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-project-atlas-madison-county-mega-site-canton-ms-dc_a347657c7d0c, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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