Questions

Questions landowners ask us

If your question is not here, send it with the form at the bottom of this page and we will answer it directly.

Why does twenty million dollars matter to me?

Because it sets who can qualify. In most states a project has to be very large before the tax treatment applies, which means only a handful of companies are ever looking. Mississippi lowered its bar in 2019, so a single building on a modest parcel can qualify. That does not guarantee anybody wants your ground. It does mean more parties are able to look.

The big projects already picked their sites. Am I too late?

Not necessarily, and the honest answer has two halves. The largest hyperscale campuses in central Mississippi have chosen their ground, and capacity in that immediate area is now partly claimed. At the same time, smaller projects follow large ones, and the state threshold is written low enough to catch them.

Which utility serves me and why do you keep asking?

Because Mississippi has three separate systems. If you are in the northeast you are almost certainly on TVA power through a local distributor. Central and west is Entergy Mississippi. Southeast is Mississippi Power. Many rural landowners are served by an electric power association drawing from one of those. The name on your bill tells us which process would apply to your ground.

My land floods or holds water. Does that end it?

Frequently, and we would rather say so than let you hope otherwise. Level ground is common in Mississippi and level ground that drains properly and sits clear of the floodplain is much less common. That is the single most useful thing to establish about a Mississippi parcel, and it is often answerable from public mapping before anybody drives out.

What about water use and the aquifer?

It is a fair question and a live one in this state. Cooling uses water, and how much depends heavily on the design. The large projects here have made public commitments on the subject. If somebody approaches you about your ground, asking what their water plan is will tell you quickly whether they have done real work.

Somebody wrote to me about my land. What should I do?

Ask two Mississippi-specific questions first: which utility would serve the site, and whether they have talked to that utility about capacity in your area. Anyone who has done real work answers both without hesitating. Anyone who cannot has not looked at your ground in any meaningful way. Then take the letter to a Mississippi attorney, and sign nothing in the meantime, including anything from us.

What happens to the rest of the farm?

Often nothing at all. Many arrangements involve part of a property while the remainder carries on as it was. Raise it in the first conversation instead of assuming either way, and we would much rather you did.

Ask us about your land

Tell us about your property. There is no cost and no obligation. If it does not fit, we will tell you plainly.

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