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Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus

CompassMeridian, Lauderdale County, MSUpdated

Compass is building a 500 MW data center in Lauderdale County, Mississippi (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Capacity
500 MW
Investment
$10B
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Who's on this build

Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.

Timeline

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.

  1. Today

    Under construction

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. ~2 yr ago

    Construction start

  3. ~2 yr ago

    Construction start reported

    Event date: · First observed: Not reported

  4. ~2 yr ago

    Announced

  5. ~2 yr ago

    Reported as announced

    Event date: · First observed: Not reported

Record quality

Datasets
1
Location
Site footprint confirmed
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

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Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasPE Public Evidence ProjectKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
CompassOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
Stage
Under constructionStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
Facility type
AI data centerFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 198542884523488

Scale

Reported capacity
500 MWReported capacity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
Reported investment
$10BReported investment · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 198542884523488

Reported dates

Announced
2025-01-09Announced · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-msReported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
Construction start reported
2025-01-28Construction start reported · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-msReported date — see the source for the event evidenced.

Site

City
MeridianCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-msCity · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate ReevesAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
County
LauderdaleCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-msCounty · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate ReevesAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
State
MississippiState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-msState · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate ReevesAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
Location precision
Site footprint confirmedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 198542884523488

Power and cooling

Utility
Mississippi PowerUtility · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 198542884523488
Power source
Grid powerPower source · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 198542884523488
AI workload
Likely AI or machine-learning workloadAI workload · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms

Permits and public records

Government records on file
1Government records on file · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate ReevesAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
Incentives reported
Mississippi Data Center Incentive - 10-year state income and franchise tax exemption; Mississippi Data Center Incentive - sales and use tax exemption on construction materials, equipment, and hardware/software; Lauderdale County site grant ($4M via the Mississippi Legislature); MDA additional site-preparation grant (amount unspecified); 10-year state income and franchise tax exemption (Mississippi); Sales and use tax exemption on construction materials, equipment and software/hardware replacements (Mississippi)Incentives reported · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 198542884523488

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasCompass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale CampusUnder construction500 MW

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 14, 2026 · Record: compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. CA
  6. CA
  7. CA
  8. CA
  9. CA
  10. CA
  11. PE
    Public Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate ReevesAs of: Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms
  12. KW

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) · Public Evidence Project, U.S. Data Center Public Records Dataset, https://publicevidence.org/data/national-data-center-public-records (CC BY 4.0). 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, “Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-datacenters-lauderdale-county-hyperscale-campus-ms-dc_b492de1acde0, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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