Skip to content
Gridcensus

Datacenter Sites in Mississippi County, Missouri

Mississippi County has 6 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 52.2/100 DC Readiness, with a catalogued aggregate of 300 MW. FEMA rates local natural-hazard risk as "Relatively High". The county has a datacenter tax incentive on record.

At a glance

Mississippi County, Missouri has 6 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 52.2/100 DC Readiness, roughly in line with the Missouri average of 55.7. It ranks 98th of 110 Missouri counties by number of sites and 94th by average score. The top-scoring site is Substation-Adjacent site · 8046ac70 at 55.1/100.

6
Candidate sites
52.2/100
Avg DC Readiness
300 MW
Catalogued capacity
theoretical aggregate
Relatively High
Hazard rating
◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
Top 6 in Mississippi County

Site-selection context for Mississippi County

Yessales_tax_exemption
Datacenter tax incentive
13.48¢/kWh
Commercial electricity
7.48¢/kWh
Industrial electricity
2
Fiber providers
Low
Water stress
$6,746
Land price / acre
1,500
Cooling degree days
4,700
Heating degree days
56°F
Mean annual temp

Incentive detail: Qualified data center sales tax exemption (2019 law); state income tax credits.

How does Mississippi County compare with other counties in Missouri?

By number of scored sites, Mississippi County ranks 98th of the 110 Missouri counties with a county page, holding 0.2% of the state's 3,413 sites. Its average DC Readiness of 52.2/100 ranks 94th in the state and is roughly in line with the national average of 53.0. Nationally it has the 2781st-largest site inventory of 2,964 counties with five or more sites. 0 sites score 70 or higher and 1 score 55 or higher.

What types of datacenter sites are in Mississippi County?

Substation-Adjacent sites are the most common (5, 83% of the county's inventory), followed by industrial (1). Site type reflects how the parcel was identified — next to a substation, on a former mine or brownfield, on industrial or federal excess land — and is scored on the same 14 factors either way.

What are power cost, hazard, water and fiber conditions in Mississippi County?

Industrial electricity averages 7.48¢/kWh and commercial 13.48¢/kWh. FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county "Relatively High" (38). WRI water stress is low. 2 fiber providers report service in the county. The climate runs 1,500 cooling degree days a year with a mean temperature of 56°F. Land is valued around $6,746 an acre.

By site type

Top datacenter sites in Mississippi County

Top datacenter sites in Mississippi County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN122583Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW4.3 yrs55.1
UNKNOWN122584Substation-Adjacent69 kV50 MW4.3 yrs52.7
UNKNOWN121698Substation-Adjacent69 kV50 MW4.3 yrs52.6
UNKNOWN117932Substation-Adjacent69 kV50 MW4.3 yrs52.2
UNKNOWN117701Substation-Adjacent69 kV50 MW4.3 yrs52.1
A.L. Webb SchoolIndustrial——4.3 yrs48.2

Every scored site in Mississippi County

All 6 sites, best first.

Mississippi County datacenter FAQ

How many datacenter sites are in Mississippi County?

6 scored datacenter candidate sites, averaging 52.2/100 DC Readiness. That is the 98th-most of 110 Missouri counties with five or more sites.

What is the highest-scoring datacenter site in Mississippi County?

Substation-Adjacent site · 8046ac70 scores 55.1/100 DC Readiness, the highest of the 6 scored sites in Mississippi County (a substation-adjacent site).

Does Mississippi County offer datacenter tax incentives?

Qualified data center sales tax exemption (2019 law); state income tax credits.

What is the natural-hazard risk in Mississippi County?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Mississippi County as "Relatively High" (score 38).

What are industrial electricity rates in Mississippi County?

Average industrial electricity is 7.48¢/kWh and commercial is 13.48¢/kWh in Mississippi County.

More in Missouri

About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published November 13, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “Datacenter candidate sites in Mississippi County, Missouri”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/missouri/mississippi-county (data as of November 13, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Go deeper than the public screen

Every site and score for Mississippi County, Missouri is free to browse. Pro adds Watchtower on 25 sites, alerts when new candidate sites, datacenters or interconnection-queue requests appear in your markets, score and capacity history, and CSV export. Enterprise adds team seats, weekly data files for all 147,272 sites, the REST API and an MCP server for AI tools.