Mississippi has received the 2025 Impact Award for its AVAIO Digital and Compass Datacenters projects, according to a Facebook post from the state’s economic development agency.
The projects represent a combined investment of $16 billion from the private sector, highlighting the state’s ongoing economic momentum.
Details about the award and projects were not specified in the post.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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