The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Rankin County
Pro-Data Center Policies
Mississippi offers qualifying data centers substantial tax exemptions and possible public funding, with some utility and local approvals expedited. Benefits require state approval and investment, job, wage, or performance commitments; funding and local property-tax relief are not guaranteed.
Rating and summary from Mississippi statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Rankin County.
Incentives
Tax benefits
Authorizes a fee in lieu of ad valorem taxes for the Taurus data-center project and execution of an agreement for one or more new data-center buildings in Rankin County. This provides a negotiated fee instead of full property tax.
current law · County project: Taurus data-center projectReported county approval of a project-specific data-center tax incentive; primary resolution and agreement not located.Rankin County Taurus Data Center Fee-in-Lieu Resolution (2025)
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None identified in the located sources. The resolution and agreement were not obtained, so conditions, restrictions and repayment provisions cannot be ruled out.
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Reported authorization of a fee-in-lieu agreement for one or more new data center buildings. Mississippi Today describes the incentive generally as a negotiated fee for a set period of time instead of the full property tax. The county's specific fee and duration are not verified.
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