Musk Adds Two Mid-South Data Centers
Two more data centers under construction in the Mid-South are expected to be operational by year end, named after former local facilities.
Updated on Oct. 31, 2026 in Data Centers
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Elon Musk announced on X that two additional data centers are under construction in the Mid-South and will be operational by year end. The sites are named Gun Range and Spam, after a former local gun range and a former Hormel facility, and both will house hundreds of thousands of computer chips.
Why it matters
The announcement expands the physical footprint of data center capacity in Southaven and the surrounding Mid-South region. Naming the sites after former local facilities ties the new construction to the existing community landmarks they replace.
Each site is described as housing hundreds of thousands of computer chips, a figure given in the announcement without a specified power draw or compute capacity. The source does not provide cooling, networking, or storage specifications for either facility.
The players
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the billionaire entrepreneur who leads Tesla and SpaceX and owns the social media platform X, where he made the announcement.
The details
Musk made the announcement on X, stating that two more data centers are under construction in the Mid-South. The Gun Range site is named after a former local gun range, and the Spam site is named after a former Hormel facility.
Timeline
Saturday, October 31, 2026: Musk announces the two additional data centers on X.
End of November 2026: The Gun Range data center is expected to be operational.
December 2026: The Spam data center is expected to be operational.
The Tech Race
The announcement adds two more sites to the wave of large AI compute campuses being built to house hundreds of thousands of chips. It positions Musk's computing buildout alongside other major tech firms racing to expand data center capacity.
Residents of Southaven and the surrounding Mid-South may see new construction and changes to local land use as the two sites come online. The source does not address effects on local utility rates, water use, or employment.
The takeaway
Two large data centers are set to open in the Mid-South by year end, and their names point to the former local sites they replace. Readers in Southaven and nearby communities can watch the November and December timelines for signs of how the buildout affects their area.
What happens next
The Gun Range data center is expected to be operational by the end of November 2026, and the Spam data center is expected to be operational by December 2026.
Further reading
For more on how these facilities fit into the wider buildout, see Data Centers coverage on Wisevoter.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Actionnews5.
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