Data centers in Coahoma County, Mississippi: 1 project mapped

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Clarksdale has rezoned 648 acres for a possible data center, but no developer has been named and no agreement to build one is in place. The land, closest to the Roundyard, a historic Black neighborhood, was changed from commercial and agricultural to light industrial on March 23, 2026, with Commissioners Jimmy Harris and Eddie Earl and Mayor Orlando Paden voting yes; Commissioners Ray Sykes and Linda Downing did not attend. Any project must still go back before the planning commission and the Board of Commissioners before it can be built.

The rezoning began in December 2025 as a surveyor's application for three landowners that did not mention a data center, according to court records, and the local economic development chief told the planning commission he could not disclose the use because of a non-disclosure agreement. The commission recommended it 4-2. About 15 residents then sued in Coahoma County Circuit Court, saying the public was not properly told what the land was for; the city has moved to dismiss, and the case is pending.

The ordinance requires any data center to pay a one-time $5 million impact fee, limit its water use, get emissions permits and keep a 1,000-foot buffer. Clarksdale Public Utilities says a data center could raise demand on its grid tenfold and the company would have to pay for upgrades. In a city where 55% of residents live in poverty, Voneshay Walker, who lives three miles from the site, said: "We got plenty of companies who come to Clarksdale, get their tax cuts, and stay around long enough to get paid back and leave."

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