# Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus > Under construction: a 500 MW data center in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-datacenters-lauderdale-county-hyperscale-campus-ms-dc_b492de1acde0 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-datacenters-lauderdale-county-hyperscale-campus-ms-dc_b492de1acde0.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Compass is building a 500 MW data center in Lauderdale County, Mississippi (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate Reeves, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Compass (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 14, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 14, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 500 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 14, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $10.00B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Jan 9, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 14, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** Jan 28, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 14, 2026) - **City:** Meridian (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate Reeves, as of Sep 14, 2026) - **County:** Lauderdale (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate Reeves, as of Sep 14, 2026) - **State:** Mississippi (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate Reeves, as of Sep 14, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** Mississippi Power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** Likely AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 14, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **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) (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Government records on file:** 1 (Public Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate Reeves, as of Aug 6, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus | Under construction | 500 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 14, 2026) reports it as under construction. ### Who is building Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus? Compass is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Compass Datacenters Lauderdale County Hyperscale Campus get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - **Jan 28, 2025:** [Construction start reported](https://mississippi.org/news/compass-datacenters-project-generates-10-billion-investment-in-lauderdale-county/) - **Jan 9, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://mississippi.org/news/compass-datacenters-project-generates-10-billion-investment-in-lauderdale-county/) ## Related records - [Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-datacenters-hoffman-estates-campus-il-dc_53e9a7c74d58): Same operator - [Compass Datacenters Meridian Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-datacenters-meridian-campus-ms-dc_0fe98bbaa682): Same operator - [Compass Datacenters Shawnee County Proposal](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-datacenters-shawnee-county-proposal-ks-dc_0bc77da1e10a): Same operator - [Compass Statesville Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/compass-statesville-campus-nc-dc_24f32954be96): Same operator - [Red Oak Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/red-oak-campus-tx-dc_3464a779bd15): Same operator - [AVAIO Digital Taurus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/avaio-digital-taurus-ms-dc_3717b7cfd11e): Same state - [AWS Clinton Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-clinton-data-center-ms-dc_670fd8ea9cab): Same state - [AWS Madison County Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-madison-county-data-center-campus-ms-dc_3ef7bdba8d12): Same state - [AWS Madison County Expansion Phase](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-madison-county-expansion-phase-ms-dc_95ab5ebec33d): Same state - [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): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. 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. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://mississippi.org/news/compass-datacenters-project-generates-10-billion-investment-in-lauderdale-county/) · as of Sep 14, 2026 · record compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms - [Mississippi Development Authority (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://mississippi.org/news/compass-datacenters-project-generates-10-billion-investment-in-lauderdale-county/) · as of Sep 9, 2026 - [Office of Governor Tate Reeves (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://governorreeves.ms.gov/compass-datacenters-project-generates-10-billion-investment-in-lauderdale-county/) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [Compass Datacenters (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/news/compass-10b-investment-lauderdale-county-mississippi/) · as of Sep 9, 2026 - [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compass-to-invest-10-billion-in-mississippi-data-center-campus/) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [WTOK (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wtok.com/2025/01/29/compass-data-centers-hosts-official-groundbreaking-ceremony-lauderdale-county/) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [Mississippi Independent (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://msindy.org/p/mississippis-data-center-boom-and) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=597555ce8e4a4892a030784a7c657fdd) · as of Jul 23, 2026 - [WTOK-TV (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wtok.com/2026/07/15/lauderdale-county-gives-statement-compass-data-center/) · as of Sep 9, 2026 - [Site Selection Magazine (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://siteselection.com/cover-story-data-center-boom-comes-to-mississippi/) · as of Sep 14, 2026 - [Public Evidence Project: Filing from Office of Governor Tate Reeves](https://governorreeves.ms.gov/compass-datacenters-project-generates-10-billion-investment-in-lauderdale-county/) · as of Aug 6, 2026 · record source-compass-lauderdale-meridian-ms - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/compass-datacenters-lauderdale-county-hyperscale-campus-ms) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 198542884523488 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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