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General News
The Officials Who Actually Vote on Data Centers Meet in Jackson This Week
September 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Mississippi’s data center fight has mostly played out in city halls and at the Public Service Commission. This week it moves to a hotel ballroom in downtown Jackson, where the officials who actually cast the deciding…
Development
Jackson’s Data Center Moratorium Is Ticking. The Ordinance Isn’t Drafted.
September 1, 2026 · 3 min read
Jackson’s data center moratorium runs out in January, and the city is still writing the rules that are supposed to replace it. The two moves the council made this summer point in opposite directions.
Development
Jackson’s Own Consultant Warned Data Centers Strain a Water System Under Federal Control
August 18, 2026 · 4 min read
The Jackson City Council voted 5-2 on August 11 to explore where data centers could be built in the capital city. The nonbinding resolution, authored by Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes, names land around Jackson-Medgar…
Development
Jackson’s Data Center Ban Takes Effect Thursday. Two Days Earlier, the Council Asked Where to Put Them.
August 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Jackson’s six-month moratorium on data centers takes effect Thursday, banning the city from accepting, processing, or approving special use permits, conditional use permits, or zoning applications for the facilities at…
Politics
Horhn Says No Lake Hico Data Center in the Works as Federal Judge Questions Water Impact
July 21, 2026 · 3 min read
Mayor John Horhn told WLBT on Monday that no data center is currently in the works for the Lake Hico site, calling discussions about the project ‘very premature.’ The statement marks a sharp reversal from records…
General News
Vicksburg Residents Protest $3 Billion AWS Data Center Planned Near Elementary School
July 20, 2026 · 2 min read
…Saturday morning to protest the $3 billion Amazon Web Services data center planned for Dana Road, less than a mile from Dana Road Elementary School, according to WLBT and the Vicksburg Daily News.
General News
Records Show Horhn Administration Quietly Planned Lake Hico Data Center Hub for Months
July 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Two days after the Jackson City Council voted 5-2 to ban new data centers, records surfaced showing the Horhn administration had spent months quietly planning to build one of the largest in the state at Lake Hico.
General News
Jackson Passes State’s First Data Center Moratorium, 5-2, After Months of Debate
July 17, 2026 · 4 min read
…the first municipality in Mississippi to impose a moratorium on new data center development. The 5-2 vote capped three months of public hearings, dueling expert testimony, and a rezoning fight that had turned a quiet…
General News
Data Center Moratorium Heads to a Vote. The Council Is Split.
July 10, 2026 · 4 min read
…City Council will vote Tuesday on a six-month moratorium on new data center construction, the first test of whether two days of public hearings in July shifted the council’s math. The vote is scheduled for the council’s…
Politics
Jackson Council to Vote on Data Center Moratorium at Monday Hearing
July 5, 2026 · 3 min read
The Jackson City Council will hold two data center meetings Monday, July 6, starting with a Planning and Economic Development Committee discussion at 4 p.m. and followed by a public hearing at 6 p.m. on a proposed…
Politics
Jackson’s Data Center Fight Moves to July 14. Here Is What the Council Is Writing.
July 4, 2026 · 4 min read
…more than 80 people packed Jackson City Hall for a public hearing on data centers. The Jackson Fire Department turned away about two dozen more, citing capacity limits that some council members said had never been…
General News
Jackson’s Data Center Fight Comes to a Head on July 14
July 3, 2026 · 3 min read
…more than 80 people packed Jackson City Hall for a public hearing on data center regulations. Twenty-six people spoke. Twenty-five opposed data centers coming to the capital city. The one supporter was a lawyer for the…
Politics
Jackson Held a Data Center Forum. The Real Decisions Come June 22 and 24.
June 13, 2026 · 5 min read
…ask a question it has not yet answered out loud: does Jackson want a data center? Mayor John Horhn put it plainly at the start, according to Mississippi Today. “What we’re trying to do today is just have a conversation…
Development
Data Centers Are Coming to Metro Jackson, and the Debate Is Heating Up
May 25, 2026 · 2 min read
The race to build data centers in Mississippi has officially reached Jackson’s front door, and not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat.
General News
Morning Brief: Sep 16 · Data Center Convening Closes as Counties Ask Who Pays
September 16, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center convening closes with water and rate questions: The Mississippi Association of Supervisors Minority Caucus wraps its two-day Data Center Development Information Convening at the Westin Hotel today, running 8…
General News
Morning Brief: Sep 15 · Data Center Convening Opens as Jackson’s Own Rules Still Unwritten
September 15, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center convening opens downtown: The Mississippi Association of Supervisors Minority Caucus opens a two-day Data Center Development Information Convening at 9 a.m. today at The Westin, 407 S. Congress St. The…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 13 · JTRAN Strike Begins; Council to Vote on Data Center Moratorium Tuesday
July 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center moratorium vote set for Tuesday: The Jackson City Council will consider a six-month moratorium on new data center construction at its regular meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m. at City Hall. Council President Brian…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 6 · Data Center Double-Header Tonight; Fourth Arrest in Triple Homicide
July 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center double-header tonight: The Jackson City Council holds two meetings today on data centers, starting with the Planning and Economic Development Committee at 4 p.m. and a special public hearing at 6 p.m., both…
General News
Morning Brief: Oct 2 · Amazon’s CEO Makes Mississippi His Case for Data Centers
October 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Amazon CEO makes Mississippi his data center case: Matt Garman, chief executive of Amazon Web Services, published an op-ed Friday arguing the AI buildout is the largest American infrastructure project since the…
Development
Jackson’s Data Center Ban Expires Jan. 23. The Ordinance That Replaces It Is Still a Draft.
October 1, 2026 · 5 min read
Jackson’s freeze on new data centers has a hard end date, and the rules meant to replace it do not exist yet in written form. The 183-day moratorium the City Council approved on July 14 runs out around Jan. 23, 2027.…
Politics
Jackson Should Say No to Data Centers. Here Is Every Argument for Them, and Why Each One Fails.
September 16, 2026 · 8 min read
…Wire’s reporting on this fight for the last five months adds up to: data centers are a bad deal for Jackson, and the arguments for them do not survive contact with the facts.
Development
Jackson’s Data Center Ban Has a Clock. The Ordinance It Was Meant to Buy Still Doesn’t Exist.
September 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Jackson’s pause on data centers is not a ban. It is a deadline, and the deadline is doing the work that the city’s zoning code has not yet been asked to do.
Politics
Jackson City Council Elects New President After Months of Data Center Turmoil
July 26, 2026 · 2 min read
…Ledger, marking the first change in the body’s leadership since the data center debate consumed City Hall.
Politics
Jackson Edges Closer to a Data Center Moratorium After Two Meetings in One Day
July 7, 2026 · 3 min read
Jackson city leaders spent Monday in back-to-back meetings on data centers, advancing a six-month moratorium proposal and a parallel regulatory framework that together would give the city its first set of controls over…
General News
The Loudest Data Center Fight Is in Jackson. The Bigger One Just Got a Green Light by Silence.
June 15, 2026 · 4 min read
Two data center stories are unfolding in the Jackson metro at once. One is loud, local, and on a clock. The other is quieter, slipperier, and may matter more.
General News
Morning Brief: Sep 14 · Data Center Rules Land in Jackson as Regulators, Counties Meet
September 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center oversight convenes in Jackson: The officials who actually regulate Mississippi data centers gather Tuesday at a Mississippi Association of Supervisors and Municipalities convening in Jackson, and the…
General News
Morning Brief: Aug 12 · Council Eyes Data Center Sites as Ban Looms
August 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Data center sites eyed as ban looms: The council voted 5-2 Tuesday on a Stokes resolution urging the administration to explore data center locations away from residential areas, even as the 183-day moratorium takes…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 15 · Council Passes Data Center Moratorium; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 3
July 15, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center moratorium passes 5-2: The Jackson City Council voted Tuesday to enact a 183-day ban on new data center development, with Ward 4 Councilman Brian Grizzell’s ordinance passing 5-2 after nearly three months of…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 14 · Council Votes on Data Center Moratorium; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 2
July 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center moratorium vote today: The Jackson City Council meets at 10 a.m. at City Hall to vote on a six-month moratorium on new data center development and expansion. Council President Brian Grizzell introduced the…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 11 · Data Center Moratorium Heads to Tuesday Vote; Hinds Election in Limbo
July 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center moratorium heads to Tuesday vote: The Jackson City Council will consider a six-month moratorium on new data center development and expansion at its regular meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m., following two packed…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 10 · Data Center Moratorium Heads to Council Vote; Hinds Special Election Tuesday
July 10, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center moratorium heads to council vote: The Jackson City Council will consider a six-month moratorium on new data center development and expansion at its next regular meeting Tuesday, July 14, at 10 a.m. Council…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 9 · Data Center Moratorium Heads to Council Vote; CAO Resigns
July 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center moratorium heads to council vote: The Jackson City Council will consider a six-month moratorium on new data center projects at its next regular meeting, Council President Brian Grizzell announced after two…
General News
Morning Brief: Jun 16 — Data Center Vote Nears; Hinds County Election Do-Over
June 16, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center rezoning heads to a vote: The Jackson Planning Board is set to take up Saxum Investment’s request to rezone roughly 230 acres of northwest Jackson from residential and commercial to heavy industrial use on…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 4 · Airport Trial Lands With Judge; Data Center Fight Heats Up
July 4, 2026 · 3 min read
Saxum data center rezoning remains in limbo: The Jackson Planning Board was set to vote June 24 on Saxum Investment Company’s bid to rezone 230 acres along Forest Avenue Extension for a data center, but the item was…
General News
Morning Brief: Aug 4 · Heat Index Nears 110; PSC Data Center Docket Looms
August 4, 2026 · 3 min read
…opinion that his proposed 350-megawatt natural gas plant, data center and AI semiconductor fabrication complex in Ridgeland is exempt from utility regulation. Docket 2026-AD-10 argues the project falls under the…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 12 · JTRAN Strike Set for Monday; Data Center Moratorium Vote Looms Tuesday
July 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center moratorium heads to council vote Tuesday: The Jackson City Council is set to consider a six-month moratorium on new data center development and expansion at its regular meeting Tuesday, Mississippi Today…
General News
Residents Packed Two Meetings Monday. They Did Not Ask for a Moratorium. They Asked for a Ban.
July 8, 2026 · 3 min read
The Jackson City Council held two meetings about data centers on Monday, July 6. A Planning and Economic Development Committee session at 4 p.m. followed by a special public hearing at 6 p.m. The question on the agenda…
General News
New York Spent the Week Rationing Electricity. Jackson Is About to Decide How Much of Its Grid to Sell.
July 5, 2026 · 5 min read
None of that was caused by a data center. It is what happens to any grid running without slack, and it is worth studying in Jackson this week for one reason: on July 14, the City Council takes up the ordinance that will…
Development
Madison County Approves $48M Conference Center Bond After a 3-2 Fight Over the Fine Print
September 9, 2026 · 4 min read
The vote is the latest chapter in a two-decade push for a conference center in Madison County, and it lands at a moment when the county’s growth story is being written by data centers. Amazon has committed roughly $21…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 5 · Stolen JPD Rifle Used in Triple Homicide; Data Center Hearing Set for Monday
July 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Data center public hearing set for Monday: The City Council will hold a special public hearing Monday at 6 p.m. in City Hall chambers, the next step in crafting regulations for future data center development. The hearing…