Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center reaches construction milestone

Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center reaches construction milestone

https://www.wlox.com/2026/04/02/mississippi-cyber-technology-center-reaches-construction-milestone/

Publish Date: 2026-04-02 19:29:00

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BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — The final steel beam for the $50 million Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center was placed on Keesler Air Force Base, marking a pivotal moment in the project’s construction.

The final steel beam for the $50 million Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center was placed on Keesler Air Force Base, marking a pivotal moment in the project’s construction.(WLOX)

Signatures and snapshots commemorated the topping out ceremony for the facility. The center is a statewide collaboration with Mississippi State University and serves as the headquarters for the Mississippi Cyber Initiative, offering training, research, and secure office space.

Ryan Markle with AnderCorp, the company building the 100,000-square-foot center, said the ceremony celebrates the completion of the structure.

“A monumental milestone in what has become a transformative project for the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the state of Mississippi. We’re having a topping out ceremony to celebrate the completion of the structure of this facility,” Markle said.

Ryan Markle with AnderCorp, the company building the 100,000 square foot center, said the ceremony celebrates the completion of the structure.(WLOX)

Workforce development focus

The facility will give MSU cybersecurity students a place to work in the field in Mississippi.

“It will give them an opportunity to stay home within their state and be able to utilize their cyber training and their cyber education down here on the Gulf Coast,” Markle said.

MSU Vice President of Research and Economic Development Scott Willard said the center’s mission extends beyond state lines.

“We’ll be training people that are in the workforce to come here, learn skills, take those back to the workplace. But we’re also training the next generation, students, others in the military, and hopefully provide a workforce, not only here in Mississippi, but across the region and the nation, to help us keep safe in the area of cybersecurity,” Willard said.

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