Mississippi data center and energy bills

Every data center and energy bill in the Mississippi Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 29 states enacted data center and energy laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. Mississippi has bills in progress and none enacted yet.

Bills in scope
2bills in scope
Past committee
2past committee
Most recent action
29 March 2025most recent action

Data center and energy bills in Mississippi

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

2Past committee

2 bills in scope

Past committee

2

HB 1239Data center enterprises; revise certain definitions and other provisions relating to tax exemptions.Passed chamber

What it would do: Revises definitions and requirements for data center tax exemptions, excluding digital asset mining enterprises, requiring minimum $500 million investment and 50 jobs at 125% average state wage, and grants noncompliant businesses 60 days to remedy violations before losing exemption status.

SB 3168Data center enterprises; revise certain definitions and other provisions relating to tax exemptions.Passed chamber

What it would do: Revises tax exemption definitions and requirements for data center enterprises, allowing automatic two ten-year extensions for qualifying additions or expansions, and provides 60 days to remedy noncompliance before forfeiting tax-exempt status.

Bill titles link to the Mississippi Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as data center and energy legislation

In scope: Large-load tariffs and cost allocation; siting, zoning and permitting; tax incentives and clawbacks; on-site and co-located generation; water, cooling and emissions; and grid reliability and load flexibility.

Questions

Does Mississippi have a data center and energy law?

None of the 2 data center and energy bills in the Mississippi Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. 2 bills got past a committee.

Which data center and energy bills are moving in Mississippi?

2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 1239 (passed chamber) and SB 3168 (passed chamber).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Data center and energy bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Know when Mississippi's data center and energy law changes

An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.