Former Mine Datacenter Sites in Mississippi
At a glance
Decommissioned or active mining land. Mine sites often retain heavy electrical service and water rights from prior operations, and many sit near coal-plant substations now freeing up grid capacity.
Top former mine sites in Mississippi
| Site | Type | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 56.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Pearl River County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 55.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Pearl River County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 55.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Pearl River County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 55.5 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Pearl River County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 55.4 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Hancock County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 54.8 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | DeSoto County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 54.8 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | DeSoto County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 54.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Pearl River County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 54.6 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | DeSoto County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 54.4 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 54.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 54.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 54.1 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Pearl River County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Noxubee County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | DeSoto County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 53.8 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Lowndes County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | DeSoto County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 53.6 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Monroe County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.5 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Monroe County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.5 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Noxubee County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.5 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Pearl River County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 53.5 |
How does Mississippi compare with other states for former mine sites?
With 129 sites, Mississippi ranks 41st of the 50 states that have any former mine candidate sites. Kentucky leads with 5,049. Nationally, former mine sites average 49.7/100 DC Readiness, below the 53.0 average across all site types. Across every site type, Mississippi averages 53.0, the 33rd-highest of 52 states, and its candidate sites face an average interconnection-queue wait of 4.1 years.
Where are the highest-scoring former mine sites in Mississippi?
The top 25 range from 56.2 to 53.5 on the 0–100 DC Readiness Score. They are concentrated in Lowndes County (8), Pearl River County (7), DeSoto County (5) and Noxubee County (2). By grid region, 20 are in SERC and 5 are in MISO.
County pages: Lowndes County · Pearl River County · DeSoto County · Noxubee County
What power, fiber and flood exposure do these former mine sites have?
Their counties have a median of 6 fixed fiber broadband providers in FCC data. The median distance to the nearest internet exchange facility is 30 km. The median interconnection-queue wait in their markets is 3.9 years. None of the 6 with a mapped FEMA flood zone sits in a high-risk (A or V) zone. 5 lie within 25 km of a binding transmission constraint.
Frequently asked questions
How many former mine datacenter sites are in Mississippi?
GridCensus catalogs 129 former mine datacenter candidate sites in Mississippi, 0.5% of the national total for this type (41st of 50 states).
What is a former mine datacenter site?
Decommissioned or active mining land. Mine sites often retain heavy electrical service and water rights from prior operations, and many sit near coal-plant substations now freeing up grid capacity.
What is the best former mine datacenter site in Mississippi?
By DC Readiness Score, Mine Site in Lowndes County ranks first at 56.2/100, followed by Mine Site in Pearl River County at 55.7.
Which Mississippi counties have the best former mine sites?
The top 25 former mine sites in Mississippi are concentrated in Lowndes County (8), Pearl River County (7), DeSoto County (5) and Noxubee County (2).
How does Mississippi score for datacenters overall?
All 3,104 scored sites in Mississippi average 53.0/100 DC Readiness, the 33rd-highest of 52 states, against a national average of 53.0.
More on former mine sites and Mississippi
- All datacenter sites in Mississippi· 3,104 sites
- Former Mine datacenter sites nationwide· 26,205 sites
- Manufacturing sites in Mississippi· 1,445 sites
- Substation-Adjacent sites in Mississippi· 694 sites
- Industrial sites in Mississippi· 528 sites
- Greenfield sites in Mississippi· 255 sites
- Federal Excess sites in Mississippi· 53 sites
Former Mine sites in other states
- Former Mine sites in Kentucky· 5,049 sites
- Former Mine sites in Pennsylvania· 3,356 sites
- Former Mine sites in West Virginia· 2,495 sites
- Former Mine sites in Virginia· 1,614 sites
- Former Mine sites in Alabama· 1,069 sites
- Former Mine sites in Texas· 935 sites
- Former Mine sites in Ohio· 925 sites
- Former Mine sites in Tennessee· 661 sites
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
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 12, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Former Mine datacenter sites in Mississippi”, https://gridcensus.com/site-types/mine/mississippi (data as of November 12, 2026).
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