JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Multiple data centers and a new gas power plant are in the works in the Jackson-metro area.
On October 16, 2025, a panel was held at Tougaloo College to discuss the harmful impacts the centers could have on the communities.
Keshaun Pearson, the leader of Memphis Community Against Pollution, said he’s seen first hand what data centers and gas plants can do to a community. He said the long term public health, water and economic costs will eventually fall on the people of the community with little to no benefit for them…