Mississippi is looking for the future. And the future begins now. With a memorandum of understanding with NVIDIA signed in June, the State is to focus on AI education, manpower development, research and economic measures in partnership with the World Corporation. It will not only create numerous opportunities and benefits for residents, businesses and investors in the state of Magnolia, but will also position it as a tech center for the south.
Governor Tate Rifes says “this cooperation with Nvidia is memorable for Mississippi.” By expanding AI’s education, investing in manpower development and encouraging innovation, we, along with NVIDIA, are making the AI and cyberciction carrier for Mississippi. These are jobs in the future demands that will change the landscape of our economy for generations to come. “
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With states such as Utah, California, and Oregon, who have equal agreements with NVIDIA, Mississippi will include AI, machine learning, and data science programs in its community colleges, universities and technical schools, which aims to train in the fields such as Cyber Security. Teachers will be confirmed by Nvidia’s Deep Learning Institute. “By enhancing AI’s education and promoting cooperation between our research institutes, industry leaders, and manpower measures, we are creating an environmental system that enhances Mississippi’s capabilities in AI and cybercopy and helps integrate such efforts.
The state has also actively responded to AI’s rapid progress by setting up the country’s first AI system – Mississippi artificial intelligence (Main) – which is forming its view for the development of artificial intelligence and manpower. Now, the Mississippi AI Talent Accelerator Program (MAI-TAP) and higher education institutions are expanding its contribution with the Amazon Web Services (AWS), thanks to the launch of $ 9.1 million in grants, which is another step to attract employers of the next generation to Mississippi. The AWS Data Center Investment Investment of $ 10 billion created 1,000 jobs, with an average of $ 66,000 an average of $ 66,000. Another company that has taken notice has been the Eva Digital, which is detecting the Billion 6 billion data center complex in Brandon, in the east of Jackson.
The notice Governor Refus, “The AWS project has had a significant impact, and while it is still under construction, thousands of people are already working because of choosing to find in Mississippi. In this project, Mississippi has been positioned as a cloud computing and machine learning center, and others have been taken in a new way.
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The state’s commitment to the employers to provide a custom manpower training solution for traditional and upcoming industries. After MS-high-speed guidelines, for example, the Maridian Community College has provided training for more than 400 companies and employers for 14,000 people in 2024-25, including Lockheed Martin, Van Zwardon, Fairbnx Scales, and Anderson’s regional health system. To provide another example, the East Mississippi Community College Engineering and Technology Division produced a non -credit, preparing the employer’s needs.
The emphasis on AI and tech economic measures is combined with the growing business environment of Mississippi. The state is eliminating individual income tax, and in 2024 the actual growth of GDP was ranked number 2. Many major companies that already say Magnolia State Home include Nissan, Toyota, Continental Tires, Amazon, AWS, Angels Ship Building, Wayne Sanderson Farms, Viking, and Northrop Groman.
More importantly, all these efforts are dynamic to point to the dynamic future, Bill Cork, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, noted: AWS Project “Mississippi holds as a center of AI and machine learning, and is now getting more information about her and we are doing more about her.” He added, “The arrival of the AWS also confirms the fact that our investment is being paid for infrastructure, manpower development and business policies. AWS selects Mississippi and confirms that we are not just in sports, but we have a lot of work in this regard. There is a mutual act that works mutually, which works mutually, which works mutually, which works mutually, which works mutually, which works mutually and working together to work together. Some solid things always confirm the task we do day and day.
