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Jackson City Council to vote on temporary pause for new data centers
6+ hour, 59+ min ago (396+ words) The Jackson City Council is expected to vote during their 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, meeting at City Hall on whether to temporarily halt new data center development in the city after weeks of public debate, legal questions and standing-room-only public hearings. Council…...
Jackson City Council votes to pause new data center development
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (195+ words) Data centers are on pause in Jackson for the next six months. The Jackson City Council voted Tuesday, July 14, to enact an ordinance that would place a 183-day hold on new data center proposals. During that time, the city plans…...
Here is why I am opposed to data centers in Jackson
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (539+ words) I strongly oppose data centers in Jackson, because I am very concerned about the negative impact on the public’s health. The Jackson City Council is considering rezoning 230 acres of land so an unknown conglomerate, Saxum Investment Company, can further pollute…...
Tax incentives fuel rise of data centers in Mississippi, experts, critics say
3+ week, 5+ day ago (604+ words) Gov. Tate Reeves and other state leadership have referenced data centers as the crown jewel of Mississippi's economic development profile. Reeves has held ribbon cuttings and press conferences touting the billions of dollars that companies, particularly Amazon Web Services and…...
Experts and officials debate positives of Jackson data center
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (54+ words) The Clarion-Ledger Experts and officials debate positives of Jackson data center Amid near-constant discussions at Jackson City Council meetings about data centers, including citizen-led protests, a group of experts and local officials came together to present a different side of…...
Is AWS down? Downdetector shows spike in Cloudflare errors
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (208+ words) Users are reporting widespread errors for Cloudflare and AWS services Friday morning. At the same time, Meta sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp have experienced widespread outages. Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosts cloud computing and storage, and Cloudflare handles security…...
Facebook and Instagram are down for many users
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (130+ words) Can't access your Facebook or Instagram accounts? It's not just you. Users are reporting widespread outages at Meta platform sits, including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. According to reports at Downdetector.com, problems started being reported around 8:30 a.m. CT Friday, June 12. By…...
Jackson hosts data center forum amid growing public debate. What to know
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (448+ words) The City of Jackson's Planning and Development Department is hosting a data center forum Friday, June 12 at Jackson State University's CSET Auditorium. The forum comes as Jackson finds itself at the center of a growing debate over the future of…...
A Jackson AI data center, threat or opportunity?
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (96+ words) The Clarion-Ledger Ranting about Data Centers is all the rage these days. Word got out recently of a developer exploring Jackson in hopes of building a new artificial intelligence data center. Who knew it would unleash a hornet’s nest of…...
Book’s exploration of relationship to internet leads to uncomfortable truths
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (475+ words) If you were on the internet at the end of February 2015, you might remember a polarizing online debate about a dress. Referred to as “The Dress,” a black and blue striped dress — or was it white and gold? — set the…...