Data centers and new power in Lowndes County, MS
820 MW of new power is waiting to connect to the grid in Lowndes County, MS — 2 active requests. Typical wait: 2.3 years. 10 projects are built, 22 withdrawn. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Is one near your house?
We have not mapped a large AI data center inside Lowndes County itself — but we track the biggest ones nationally, and requests to connect new power here are on the public record.
What is happening with electricity in Lowndes County
Every new power plant, battery or big customer has to join a waiting list before it can plug into the grid. This is what that list looks like in Lowndes County right now.
Where every request ever filed here ended up
Most requests in the US are withdrawn — a developer tests a site and moves on. That is normal, not a warning sign for Lowndes County.
What kind of power is asking to connect
By capacity requested. Data as of 14 October 2026.
All the numbers
34 requests ever filed
Source: interconnection queues published by TVA. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 14 October 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.
Outcome of every request filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 10 | 2.0 GW | 29.4% |
| Still waiting | 2 | 820 MW | 5.9% |
| Withdrawn | 22 | 6.9 GW | 64.7% |
| Paused | 0 | — | 0.0% |
Waiting to connect, by type of power
| Type | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 1 | 620 MW |
| Batteries | 1 | 200 MW |
Key dates for projects here
no dated windows published
| Queue | What closes | Closes | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERC | FERC large-load show cause — stakeholder comments on RTO responses Comments on the six RTO/ISO responses to the FPA section 206 show-cause orders of 18 June 2026 (PJM EL26-67, SPP EL26-68, NYISO EL26-69, MISO EL26-70… | No date published yet | unconfirmed source |
| FERC | FERC RM26-4 — generic large-load rulemaking Still at ANOPR stage. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
| FERC | Georgia PSC - Georgia Power must file large-load contracts 30 days before execution A standing obligation rather than a dated one: large-load contracts must be filed with the commission at least 30 days before they are executed. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
A date marked confirmed was checked by a person against the authority's own tariff, order or form page. Anything else is listed so you know it exists, with a link so you can check it yourself. Full calendar.
The biggest projects on file
top 15 by size
| Project | Type | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Other | 1.2 GW | withdrawn | 1998-05 | TVA |
| 53 | Other | 900 MW | completed | 1999-06 | TVA |
| Lone Oak Energy Center(Calpine) | Natural gas | 813 MW | completed | — | SOCO |
| Caledonia Generating (Cogentrix) | Natural gas | 813 MW | completed | — | SOCO |
| 71 | Other | 800 MW | withdrawn | 1999-11 | TVA |
| 2 | Other | 700 MW | withdrawn | 1998-05 | TVA |
| 569 | Natural gas | 620 MW | active | 2023-06 | TVA |
| 575 | Natural gas | 620 MW | withdrawn | 2023-07 | TVA |
| 213 | Natural gas | 570 MW | withdrawn | 2008-09 | TVA |
| 65 | Other | 510 MW | withdrawn | 1999-10 | TVA |
| IC-003 | Natural gas | 500 MW | withdrawn | — | SOCO |
| 651 | Solar | 500 MW | withdrawn | 2024-09 | TVA |
| 15 | Other | 450 MW | completed | 1998-07 | TVA |
| 604 | Solar | 224 MW | withdrawn | 2023-12 | TVA |
| 25RSC-013 | Batteries | 200 MW | active | 2025-08 | TVA |
How Lowndes County compares
#465 in the US · #3 in MS
Lowndes County ranks #465 of 1,607 US counties by power waiting to connect, and #3 of 31 in Mississippi.
| County | Waiting | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Clay County | 5 | 850 MW |
| Madison County | 5 | 827 MW |
| Sunflower County | 5 | 807 MW |
| Perry County | 3 | 500 MW |
| Holmes County | 2 | 425 MW |
| Jasper County | 3 | 365 MW |
| DeSoto County | 2 | 350 MW |
| Tunica County | 2 | 337 MW |
Common questions about power in Lowndes County
How long does it take to get power for a data center in Lowndes County, MS?
The median wait for a project still in the interconnection queue in Lowndes County is 2.3 years. Across the US, most large loads are quoted three to seven years depending on the market and whether network upgrades are needed. 10 projects in Lowndes County have reached energization and 22 were withdrawn, so the withdrawal rate here is a better guide to risk than any single quoted timeline.
How much capacity is available in Lowndes County, MS?
820 MW is currently requested across 2 active interconnection requests, and 2.0 GW has actually been built. A queued megawatt is a request, not deliverable capacity — most queued projects are never built. For deliverable offtake capacity at a specific substation you need a utility study, not a queue.
Is Lowndes County, MS a good site for a data center?
This page gives you the power half of that answer: what is queued, what has been energized, how long the wait runs, and which large load interconnection requests are already recorded nearby. The other half — the state policy position, moratoriums and large load tariffs — is on our Mississippi policy page.
Where does the data on this page come from?
The interconnection queue published by the transmission providers serving Lowndes County — TVA — parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Every figure carries the date it was true. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Go deeper on Lowndes County
The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.
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