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xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven)

Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi · All 6 xAI sites · Every xAI case on our tracker

PermittedNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated October 7, 2026

xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven) is a permitted data center in Southaven, Mississippi (DeSoto County), operated by xAI (SpaceXAI). The public record puts it at announced September 2, 2026.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
xAI (SpaceXAI)
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
8325 Tulane Road, Southaven, DeSoto County, MS
Coordinates
34.9897, -90.0430 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
September 2, 2026
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. September 2, 2026
    Permitted
    Southaven Board of Aldermen approved zoning changes (one dissenting vote) after a unanimous Planning Commission vote, for a 660,000 sq ft data center on the city's former training-facility site on Tulane Road, obtained through a land swap. Source: DeSoto Times-Tribune

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 7, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven) in Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

xAI's fifth Memphis-area data center: a 660,000 sq ft building on the city's old training-facility property at 8325 Tulane Road, next to the xAI power plant on Stanton Road. xAI got the land in a land swap with Southaven and gave $40 million toward a new city training facility. Ward 2 Alderman Charles Hoots voted no, citing unfinished turbine-noise commitments. The coordinates are the OSM centroid of Tulane Road, not the parcel.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Our reporting on this site

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven) in Southaven?

Nothing on record as of October 7, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven) in Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven)?

No lawsuit over xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven) appears in the record we track as of October 7, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven) use?

No water withdrawal figure for xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven), and how big is it?

xAI (SpaceXAI) is the operator on record. We hold 6 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "xAI Tulane Road Data Center (Southaven)," updated October 7, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/xai-tulane-road-southaven-ms.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/xai-tulane-road-southaven-ms, retrieved October 11, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Southaven approves new SpaceXAI data center, fifth location in area · Action News 5 · retrieved October 7, 2026
  2. 2.Southaven approves new XAI data center · DeSoto Times-Tribune · retrieved October 7, 2026

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