Brandon residents react to $6 billion data center coming to city

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – A multi-billion dollar data center has been approved for the City of Brandon.

AVAIO Digital, a Connecticut-based developer and operator of sustainable data centers, announced a new $6 billion data center campus at the East Metropolitan Center Business and Industrial Park in Brandon.

“I don’t really have much of an opinion on it. I really just want what’s best for our city,” said one Brandon resident.

AVAIO Digital plans $6 billion data center campus in Mississippi

According to officials, AVAIO Digital Taurus will provide new workforce development opportunities in the state while also providing a variety of jobs for the Jackson-metro area. This will include at least 60 direct, high-tech jobs and hundreds of indirect jobs, ranging from construction to other related industries…

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