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Reported geography
Source-reported location for AVAIO Digital Taurus.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- AVAIO Digital Partners
- Address and locality
- Brandon · Rankin County · Mississippi
- Official metro area
- Jackson, MS
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 116 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 7 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000115
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Entergy Mississippi
- Power source
- Mixed
- Cooling
- Hybrid
- Land area
- 329 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $6 billion
- Announced jobs
- 60 permanent
- Community response
- Provider label: mixed
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- 2025
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Mississippi Data Center Enterprises tax exemption (approved by MDA; sales & use tax incentives for campus tenants; multi-year, no confirmed total amount) · Mississippi · 2025 Open cited source →
- Data Center Enterprises tax exemption · Mississippi · 2025 Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. Initial 116 MW grid power via executed ESA with Entergy Mississippi (June 2027 target energization). Additional 420 MW grid power from Entergy projected by end of 2030. On-site thermal generation via Gulf South Pipeline access (up to 500 MW planned, Q2 2027 start) — on-site gas not yet built. Rooftop solar 20+ MW planned. Behind-the-meter generation noted by operator.
Water. Operator describes water-efficient cooling, rainwater recapture, cooling system economization (air-side economization implied), and recycled water as an available option. New sewer line extension under construction for wastewater. No specific MGD figure disclosed.
Community. Strong official support: Governor Reeves, Mayor Butch Lee (Brandon), Rankin County, and MDA all endorsed project. Community opposition emerged before groundbreaking: online petition to Rankin County Board of Supervisors demanded written guarantees against utility bill increases and air/water pollution, and called for construction halt if guarantees cannot be made. Residents cited concerns about water consumption, air pollution (referencing xAI Memphis gas turbine precedent), power demands, and traffic. Community group 'Mississippi For Mississippi' produced an impact-distance map. …
What the source record says
Distinct from AVAIO's 'Leo' campus in Little Rock/Pulaski County AR — do not conflate. Site: East Metropolitan Center Business and Industrial Park, Brandon. Land acreage: AVAIO's own project page and groundbreaking materials cite 329 acres; the August 19 press release cited 175 acres — 329 used as more authoritative per operator's site. Capacity: 116 MW initial via executed ESA with Entergy Mississippi (energized June 2027 per operator site); Entergy guiding an additional 420 MW of grid power available by end of 2030; access to Gulf South Pipeline for up to 500 MW of on-site behind-the-meter thermal generation starting Q2 2027 — total baseload path to over 1 GW. The 116 MW planned figure reflects the executed first-phase ESA only; full buildout remains a projection. Investment: $6B stated without 'up to' qualifier across operator, MDA, and Governor's office sources; Governor's office describes it as the third-largest economic development project in Mississippi history. Jobs: 'at least 60 direct, high-tech jobs' and 'hundreds of indirect jobs ranging from construction to other related industries' — projections, not firm figures; no construction vs permanent breakdown confirmed. Rooftop solar of 20+ MW planned (behind-the-meter). Recycled water and new sewer line extension cited by operator as water infrastructure options. Estimated $23M in ad valorem tax revenue annually per Rankin First (county economic development group). Coordinates approximate (Brandon city center, Rankin County).
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-08-19 · source-reported proposed
AVAIO Digital announced $6B AI-ready data center campus in Brandon, Rankin County, MS; Mississippi Development Authority approved Data Center Enterprises tax exemption.
- 2025-09-10 · source-reported under construction
Groundbreaking held at East Metropolitan Center Business and Industrial Park in Brandon.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- AVAIO Digital Taurus announcement press release · PR Newswire / AVAIO Digital Partners
- AVAIO Digital Taurus official project page · AVAIO Digital
- Mississippi Development Authority project announcement · Mississippi Development Authority
- Governor Reeves office announcement — third-largest project in MS history · Office of the Governor of Mississippi
- City of Brandon welcome announcement · City of Brandon, MS
- Brandon residents petition — water, power, pollution concerns · Mississippi Today
- AVAIO Digital Breaks Ground on $6 Billion Brandon Data Center Campus; Leading Mississippi Contractor Begins Site Work · AVAIO Digital Partners (PR Newswire)
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID avaio-taurus-brandon-ms. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
Operator’s own listing
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- Name as listed
- Taurus
- Address as published
- Brandon, MS
Lifecycle status is not published for this listing.
Utility power: 536 MW.
Site area: 329 acres.
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000115
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Brandon, MS · Rankin (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: AVAIO Digital Partners
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-08-19 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-09-10 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 329 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 116 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Entergy Mississippi
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Mixed
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Hybrid
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $6 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 60 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: mixed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Mississippi Data Center Enterprises tax exemption (approved by MDA; sales & use tax incentives for campus tenants; multi-year, no confirmed total amount) · Mississippi · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: Data Center Enterprises tax exemption · Mississippi · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-07
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Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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