Jackson passes state’s first data center moratorium

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The Jackson City Council voted Tuesday to approve a citywide data center moratorium. It is the first city in Mississippi to do so.Ward 1 Council Member Ashby Foote has often been the lone voice on the council extolling the benefits a data center could bring to the city, noting it could boost Jackson’s middling general fund revenue by millions of dollars. “While the data center may not be the perfe