Clinton announces $1 billion AWS data-center investment at former Delphi site

Clinton announced June 9, 2026, that Amazon Web Services will invest $1 billion to transform the city’s long-vacant former Delphi manufacturing facility into a state-of-the-art data center.

The announcement identifies AWS as the private company behind the project and places the redevelopment at one of Clinton’s major industrial properties. The former Delphi facility has been vacant for an extended period, making its proposed conversion a significant change in the site’s planned use.

A regional project

The announcement included the Hinds County Economic Development Authority, Hinds County representatives, Entergy Mississippi and other regional partners. Their participation connects the project to local economic development, county involvement and utility planning as the data-center proposal moves forward.

For Clinton, the redevelopment could give a long-vacant industrial property a new purpose while creating new demands for infrastructure and utilities. It could also influence future land-use decisions, employment opportunities and public-revenue planning tied to the site.

The $1 billion figure is the announced investment amount. The project involves one former Delphi manufacturing facility in Clinton, and the intended result is a state-of-the-art data center. The announcement describes a planned transformation; it does not establish that the facility is already operating or that construction has begun.

What the announcement establishes

The city’s announcement identifies the key participants and the project location, but it does not give a construction start date or completion deadline. It also does not identify projected temporary or permanent job totals, the facility’s operating capacity, expected water demand or power usage.

Those details will matter as residents, businesses and public officials evaluate the project’s potential effect on workers, local services, utility systems and the surrounding industrial area. The announcement also does not identify a tax incentive, public subsidy or other specific form of public financial support.

That distinction is important: a private investment announcement is not, by itself, evidence that a public incentive package has been approved. Any such determination would depend on separate agreements or official action.

For now, Clinton and its regional partners have announced the proposed redevelopment of the former Delphi facility with AWS. Further project details, including timing, employment projections and infrastructure requirements, will determine how the investment takes shape in the city.