MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Concerns are mounting over a proposed power facility in North Mississippi that researchers and community leaders said could have significant health and environmental impacts across the Memphis area.
Dozens of residents gathered at The Healing Cathedral Christian Church in Memphis, where state Rep. Justin J. Pearson joined a Harvard University environmental health scientist to discuss potential risks tied to a planned data center and power plant in Southaven near the Tennessee state line.
Michael Cork said the proposed 1.2-gigawatt facility would generate fine particulate matter, known as PM 2.5 — microscopic pollutants small enough to penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream…