Florida-based manufacturing company Jabil is expanding its Marshall County footprint with a $119 million investment that is expected to bring 2,200 new jobs to north Mississippi.
After announcing it was opening a $70 million x-ray sterilization site near Byhalia in September 2025, the company has expressed further interest in the Magnolia State. On Tuesday, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that Jabil will take over an existing 1.5 million-square-foot facility it recently purchased in Marshall County to support customers in the data center infrastructure market.
“Companies across the data center ecosystem are looking to build fast, and they’re increasingly looking to build in the United States,” said Matt Crowley, Jabil Executive Vice President of Global Business Units, Intelligent Infrastructure. “We’re proud to deliver the cutting-edge expertise and capabilities our customers need to scale with our new facility here in Marshall County.”
The Mississippi Development Authority is providing assistance through the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive program. Marshall County, AccelerateMS, and the Tennessee Valley Authority are also assisting with the project.
“Investments like this are why Mississippi has one of the hottest job markets in America. Jabil’s investment of more than $119 million will create 2,200 good jobs in North Mississippi. That is a massive number of jobs and another massive win for our state,” Reeves said.
“What makes this project even more impressive is that Jabil is expanding just nine months after announcing its first Marshall County location,” the governor continued. “Jabil would not be making this investment unless the company was confident that Mississippi and her people can deliver results. Manufacturing is thriving in Mississippi, and this investment is further proof of that.”
Mississippi is no stranger to the data center scene, as the state has partnered with multiple companies to reel in major projects within the sector. Notably, Elon Musk-founded xAI announced a $20 billion facility in DeSoto County and Amazon Web Services has invested $22 billion on data centers in Madison County, among other projects.