JACKSON, Miss.—Dozens of Jackson residents crammed into a conference room in the Warren A. Hood Building on Wednesday, May 27, to oppose rezoning land to allow the construction of a data center in Northwest Jackson.
“No data center,” the throng chanted.
Attorney Robert Ireland, representing Saxum Investment Company, requested the hearing be rescheduled for a later date in anticipation of the City of Jackson potentially writing regulations specific to data centers. Some disgruntled Jackson residents made sure the city heard their concerns, nonetheless…