Jackson (Midtown / Downtown)

Researched: 2026-08-02 · Lead source: Brockovich AI Data Center community map (1 resident report, 2026-05-27) · ZIP demographics: 54.0% Black, pop 7,023 (Census ACS 2023) · County: Hinds County, MS Status: None found within ZIP 39202 — but the citywide decision-making happens here, and a 183-day citywide moratorium was adopted July 14, 2026

This report is research, not legal, financial, real-estate, or investment advice.

0. Snapshot

No data center is proposed, approved, or built inside ZIP 39202 as of 2026-08-02. Not found as of 2026-08-02. The resident pin here is best understood as marking the place where the fight is being decided rather than sited: 39202 is Jackson's midtown/downtown-adjacent core — Belhaven, Midtown, the Capitol district — a block or two from City Hall, the City Council chamber, the Hinds County Chancery Court Building, the Mississippi Public Service Commission, and the federal courthouse where Jackson's water receivership is supervised.

What is true for 39202 residents:

• A 183-day moratorium on new data center applications now covers the entire City of Jackson, adopted 5–2 on July 14, 2026 — Mississippi's first. Because the vote was not unanimous, it takes effect 30 days after passage.
• The nearest live proposal is the Saxum Investment Company rezoning of ~230 acres in northwest Jackson (Forest Avenue between Medgar Evers Boulevard and I-220) — a few miles northwest. Postponed by the Planning Board in May and again in June 2026; now frozen.
• The nearest operating facility is AWS's converted former Milwaukee Tool / Delphi plant in Clinton (~15 miles west, Hinds County), ribbon-cut June 9, 2026.
• Your water utility, JXN Water, is under federal receivership and a U.S. District Judge has explicitly required that JXN Water be part of any data center discussion.

The environmental-justice read. 39202 is the most demographically mixed of the Jackson-area ZIPs in this study (54.0% Black vs. 84.9% in 39206). It is also where the institutional power sits. That combination matters: decisions made in 39202 determine what lands in 39206 and 39213. Residents of 39202 have unusually easy physical access to every decision-making body named in this report — City Council, Planning Board, Hinds County Board of Supervisors, the PSC, and MDEQ are all within a short drive.

1. The Facility & Where It Sits

Inside ZIP 39202: No data center facility, application, or rezoning request found as of 2026-08-02.

What is near, and how near:

Straight-line distances above are approximate directional estimates based on reported street locations, not surveyed measurements.

No named end user for Saxum. The Saxum application asks to rezone mostly undeveloped residential and commercial land to heavy industrial to attract a data center. No tenant has been publicly identified. That distinction matters — a heavy-industrial rezoning permits far more than one data center, and it outlives any single project.

2. Public Hearings & Notices

This is 39202's core relevance: the hearings happen here.

Moratorium terms. For 183 days the city will not "accept, process, or approve" applications for special use permits, conditional use permits, zoning map amendments, building permits, or other zoning changes for data centers. Effective 30 days after the July 14 vote because the vote was not unanimous.

The July 14, 2026 vote:

What to watch next. The moratorium buys the city roughly six months to write regulations. Thomas Consulting Group recommended a standardized evaluation rubric within 6 months, a Community Benefits Agreement template within 1 year, and updated zoning defining data centers as a conditional use tied to infrastructure impact thresholds within 1 year. As of the July 29 reporting it was unclear whether the city had adopted the rubric or the benefits agreement. That ordinance drafting is the live process — and it happens in the building down the street from you.

Specific hearing dates after 2026-08-02: Not found as of 2026-08-02. Check the council agendas page weekly (§8).

3. Power

Serving utility: Entergy Mississippi, LLC — regulated by the Mississippi PSC, Central District (Commissioner De'Keither Stamps). The PSC's offices are at 501 N. West St., Jackson, MS 39201 — walking distance from much of 39202.

No Jackson data center load exists, so there is no Jackson-specific large-load agreement. But 39202 households are Entergy ratepayers inside a statewide buildout driven by data centers:

• Delta Blues Advanced Power Station, Greenville — 754 MW combined-cycle gas, hydrogen-capable, ~$1.2 billion, online 2028; replaces the retiring 50-year-old Gerald Andrus plant
• Traceview Advanced Power Station, Ridgeland (Madison Co.) — 754 MW combined-cycle gas + substation, online 2029; MDEQ air-permit record AI 89056
• Entergy has indicated planned generating facilities in Hinds County as well as Washington and Tallahatchie counties. Exact Hinds County site, size and timeline: Not found as of 2026-08-02.
• $300 million in Entergy Mississippi grid improvements funded by Amazon; 616 MW contracted from five Mississippi solar and wind projects
• Texas Eastern Line 31 pipeline expansion in FERC environmental review to fuel this generation

The regulatory shortcut. The Legislature authorized Entergy to build this generation without a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the PSC. The PSC still regulates the resulting rates. Entergy projects $2 billion+ in customer savings over 20 years and says large customers cover their own incremental cost.

The counter-case. Earthjustice's May 2026 report "In the Dark: Data Centers Could be Costing Mississippi Households" argues the large-load agreement terms are not public enough for households to verify who pays what. PDF could not be text-extracted in this research; cited by title/publisher/date/URL.

A related unresolved question — Prado AI. Developer Gabriel Prado filed Mississippi PSC Docket 2026-AD-10 in April 2026 seeking a declaratory ruling that a 350 MW natural gas plant dedicated to a proposed Ridgeland-area AI campus and semiconductor factory would not make him a public utility requiring a CPCN. Entergy and Mississippi Power opposed; Entergy argued in an April 13 filing that Prado's customers would meet "the definition of the public." The PSC asked its Public Utilities Staff for input by May 15, said it would opine by June 1, and then declined to rule for lack of information. Mississippi Today reported June 1, 2026 that the developer intends to proceed anyway. If self-generation for data centers becomes routine, it changes who is regulated and who pays. That question is being decided at 501 N. West Street.

City-level recommendation on the table: TCG recommended per-megawatt and per-gallon impact fees tied to energy and water intensity, with escalation over time. No Mississippi city has adopted that yet.

4. Water & Drought

JXN Water serves 39202, and it is under federal receivership.

After the 2022 system collapse, the EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice and the City of Jackson negotiated a federal receivership. Ted Henifin serves as Interim Third-Party Manager through his company JXN Water, under U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate. Key facts:

• February 2026 — Judge Wingate granted JXN Water a rate increase while simultaneously ordering the utility to pursue city-backed alternatives
• December 2025 — shutoffs over unpaid bills loomed in the third year of receivership
• No timetable for Henifin's exit; the stated goal is a system self-sufficient and meeting all costs locally by 2029
• May 2026 — federal filing that the state's water authority act does not infringe on existing Jackson water lawsuits
• Judge Wingate has required confirmation that JXN Water be included in data center discussions, and held a status conference July 21, 2026 after Lake Hico reporting

Jackson's own consultant put water first. Thomas Consulting Group's report — dated December 2, 2025, delivered to then-Chief of Staff Willie Bozeman, report contact Jennifer Cecil, Director of Data Analytics and Project Management — called water "one of the most consequential issues for data centers and the one most directly connected to Jackson's vulnerabilities."

TCG recommendations:

• Developers must fund water and sewer upgrades
• Require municipal-scale reuse systems that lower long-term stress on Jackson's water system
• Per-megawatt and per-gallon impact fees with escalation
• Standardized evaluation rubric (6 months); Community Benefits Agreement template (1 year); zoning update defining data centers as a conditional use tied to infrastructure impact thresholds (1 year); inter-departmental task force
• Warning: "Without setbacks, drainage planning, and ecological analysis, large projects have amplified stormwater burdens on residents."
• Overall: "In Jackson, where water and infrastructure systems are under federal oversight and community trust is fragile, any new development must be evaluated with exceptional care and transparency."

For comparison — how approved metro projects handle water:

• Canton (Madison Co.): ~83 million gal/yr of recycled wastewater, via an Amazon-built pipeline from Beattie's Bluff on the Big Black River; CMU capacity +39%; Beatties Bluff WWTP capacity +50%
• Ridgeland (Madison Co.): ~93 million gal/yr from the potable City of Ridgeland system, with $37M Amazon investment raising Ridgeland capacity 10%
• Jackson: no agreement, because no project has been approved

Stormwater is an underrated 39202 issue. Midtown/downtown Jackson has significant existing drainage burden. TCG's explicit warning about amplified stormwater burden from large impervious-surface projects applies to any site upstream in the same basin, not just to the immediate neighbors.

Drought status. U.S. Drought Monitor map released July 30, 2026 (data valid July 28, 2026): Mississippi statewide at 17.7% abnormally dry (D0), 7.0% moderate (D1), 4.2% severe (D2), 3.1% extreme (D3), 0.9% exceptional (D4) — 15.2% of the state in D1–D4 drought, roughly 269,500 residents affected, no change from the prior week. Hinds County-specific classification: Not found as of 2026-08-02 — read the interactive county map at droughtmonitor.unl.edu.

5. Population & Who Lives Here

• ZIP 39202: 54.0% Black, population 7,023 (Census ACS 2023, as provided in the project source data)
• This is Jackson's midtown/downtown-adjacent core — Belhaven, Midtown, the Capitol complex area, and the neighborhoods around Millsaps and Belhaven University. It is the most demographically mixed and one of the smallest of the Jackson ZIPs in this study.
• Jackson overall is roughly 82% Black and has lost population steadily for decades.
• Hinds County contains both Jackson and Clinton. The county's one data center investment landed in Clinton, not Jackson.

Poverty rate, median household income, homeownership rate, and 2010→2023 population change for ZIP 39202: Not independently re-verified as of 2026-08-02. Pull at data.census.gov (ZCTA 39202).

6. Money — Abatements, Incentives, Jobs

Jackson has offered nothing and received nothing. No Jackson data center incentive package exists as of 2026-08-02, because no Jackson project has been approved.

What neighboring jurisdictions signed — the benchmarks 39202 residents should use:

Read that table carefully. Your own county — Hinds — approved a 30-year, 67% abatement with no publicly reported job or investment benchmark. Madison County, ten miles north, negotiated a 10-year FILOT with enforceable clawbacks. Same state, same company, radically different deals. If Jackson ever writes one, Madison County's structure is the floor.

State incentives. Mississippi's statutory data center incentive requires ≥$20 million invested, 20 full-time jobs at 125% of the state average wage, MDA certification, contracts with recapture clauses, financial-position documentation, and annual review. It provides a 10-year sales/use tax exemption on construction materials and equipment plus income and franchise tax exemptions. For the largest deals the state has granted permanent sales-and-use tax exemptions on equipment purchases.

Jobs, honestly. Ward 2 Councilwoman Tina Clay's stated objection: "we need better development than a data center" — arguing manufacturing and housing would produce more long-term jobs and tax revenue. Hyperscale data centers are capital-intensive and labor-light after construction. Amazon reports $12 million since 2024 in Mississippi workforce and education spending and $400,000 in community grants statewide.

The missing instrument. Jackson has no Community Benefits Agreement template. TCG recommended one within a year. If 39202 residents want enforceable local hiring, noise limits, setbacks, and water-reuse requirements attached to any future project, the CBA is the document that carries them — and it is being drafted (or not) right now.

7. Community Reaction & News Coverage

Jackson residents produced Mississippi's first data center moratorium. That is the finding.

Sequence:

• June 12, 2026 — Data Center Public Education Forum at Jackson State University. Mississippi Today: residents still had questions afterward.
• June 22–23, 2026 — First City Council public hearing. WLBT: "'The fight is not over': Dozens turn out to voice concerns on data center in Jackson." Speakers demanded independent environmental studies before any approval, and reminded officials that Jacksonians have endured years of infrastructure neglect and should not be asked to shoulder additional environmental risk.
• July 6, 2026 — Second hearing; vote delayed after a confidential legal memo.
• July 14, 2026 — Moratorium adopted 5–2.
• July 16, 2026 — MSJW's "People Over Politics: Stop Data Centers Edition" at Tougaloo College's Warren Hall; 70+ attendees; workbooks with glossary, fact sheets and worksheets distributed.

Organizations and people:

• Mississippi For A Just World (MSJW) — Sabir Abdul-Haqq (director); Candace Abdul-Tawwab (executive director): "Success looks like they bend to the will of the people."
• Environmental Advocates of Mississippi — Dr. Erin Shirley Orey: "…why so much secrecy?"
• Dogwood Alliance — Kadin Love, Gulf South manager: "Innovation is not liberation…"
• Wurmworks — Matt Casteel
• Dr. Nashlie Sephus, AI scientist, founder/CEO of The Beanpath
• Cassandra Bennett, attendee: "There was little to no information out there. I came here to learn."

Pro-development voices — and one of them is headquartered in 39202's backyard:

• Bishop Ronnie Crudup, Sr., chair of Downtown Jackson Partners: "Those folks are progressing and moving forward…"
• Council members Ashby Foote (Ward 1) and Vernon Hartley (Ward 5), who voted against the moratorium
• Gov. Tate Reeves, who announced a $20 billion xAI investment on January 8, 2026

The regional cautionary tale. In Southaven, MS, xAI's Colossus 2 retrofitted a former Duke Energy plant with 27 methane gas turbines. Beginning February 2026 residents reported noise and vibration; CBS News reported the mayor's advice was to "consider selling."

National context cited by organizers: On or around July 22, 2026, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order establishing the nation's first hyperscale moratorium was referenced in Mississippi organizing materials.

Lawsuits specific to a Jackson data center: Not found as of 2026-08-02. The active federal litigation touching this is the water receivership case before Judge Wingate.

8. Find Out For Yourself

All contacts below were taken from official government or utility websites on 2026-08-02. Verify before relying on them.

City of Jackson — your council, and it's walking distance

• City Hall: 219 S. President Street, Jackson, MS 39201 · Hours M–F 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
• General/311: 3-1-1 or 601-960-1111 · Non-emergency (601) 960-0794
• Mayor: John Horhn
• Meeting schedule: https://jacksonms.gov/government/city-council/meeting-schedule/ · https://jacksonms.gov/meeting-schedule/
• Council agendas & minutes: https://jacksonms.gov/government/city-council/council-agendas-and-minutes/ · https://jacksonms.gov/council-agendas-minutes/
• Committee agendas & minutes: https://jacksonms.gov/government/city-council/committee-agendas-and-minutes/
• Upcoming meetings: https://jacksonms.gov/home/upcoming-meetings/
• City Council: https://jacksonms.gov/city-council/ · Contact: https://jacksonms.gov/contact-us/
• To speak on an agenda item: contact the City Clerk's office; public-comment rules appear at the top of each meeting agenda. Direct City Clerk phone/email not published on the pages retrieved 2026-08-02 — call 3-1-1 / 601-960-1111 and ask for the City Clerk.
• Council members: Ward 1 Ashby Foote · Ward 2 Tina Clay · Ward 3 Kenneth Stokes · Ward 4 Brian Grizzell (Council President — introduced the moratorium) · Ward 5 Vernon Hartley · Ward 6 Lashia Brown-Thomas · Ward 7 Kevin Parkinson. Confirm which ward covers your 39202 address on the City Council page.

Planning & Zoning

• City of Jackson Planning Division — holds the Saxum rezoning file (amended application filed April 30, 2026) and will draft the post-moratorium ordinance. Zoning Administrator: Ester Ainsworth. Route through City Hall / 3-1-1.

Water — JXN Water (federal receivership)

• Customer service: (601) 500-5200, 24/7 · Pay by phone (IVR): 877-578-2490 · Mailing: PO Box 22667, Jackson, MS 39225
• Web: https://jxnwater.com/ · https://jxnwater.com/about/ · Rates: https://jxnwater.com/rates/
• Interim Third-Party Manager: Ted Henifin. Receivership supervised by U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate; case filings are public via PACER.

Hinds County Board of Supervisors

• 316 S. President St., Jackson, MS 39201 · (601) 968-6501
• Meetings: first and third Monday of each month, Hinds County Chancery Court Building, 1st Floor Board Room, 316 S. President St.
• Chancery Clerk, 1st District: P.O. Box 686, Jackson, MS 39205 · (601) 968-6537 · fax (601) 352-6210
• Chancery Clerk, 2nd District: P.O. Box 88, Raymond, MS 39154 · (601) 857-8055 · fax (601) 857-3123
• Web: https://www.hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/board-of-supervisors · board meetings https://www.hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/board-supervisors/board-meetings · chancery clerk https://www.hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/chancery-clerk
• Ask them for: the February 2026 Clinton data center tax incentive agreement. Hinds County approved it; it is a public record.

Mississippi Public Service Commission — also downtown

• 501 N. West St., Jackson, MS 39201 · General 601-961-5434
• Central District (Hinds County): Commissioner De'Keither Stamps · toll-free 800-356-6430 · central.district@psc.ms.gov
• Docket search / e-filing: https://ctsportal.psc.ms.gov/portal/document-search — search Docket 2026-AD-10 (Prado AI)
• File a utility complaint: https://www.psc.ms.gov/

Air & environment

• MDEQ air permit portal: https://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ — search by facility name. Traceview record: https://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ai_info.aspx?ai=89056

Community organizations

• Mississippi For A Just World (MSJW) · Environmental Advocates of Mississippi · Dogwood Alliance (Gulf South) · Jackson Association of Neighborhoods — https://www.jxnneighborhoods.com/resources

Newsrooms (tips)

• Mississippi Today — mississippitoday.org · Mississippi Free Press — mississippifreepress.org · Jackson Advocate (Black-owned) · WLBT 3 / WAPT 16 / WJTV 12 · Mississippi Public Broadcasting — mpbonline.org · Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting

Six questions to ask when you call

1. "What is the exact effective date and the exact expiration date of the 183-day data center moratorium?" (Ask the City Clerk. The expiration is the date the Saxum application becomes live again.)
2. "Has the city adopted the Thomas Consulting Group evaluation rubric, the Community Benefits Agreement template, or per-megawatt and per-gallon impact fees? If not, when does the ordinance come to a vote — and can I see the draft?" (Ask Planning and your council member. The draft is the whole ballgame.)
3. "Will the ordinance require an independent third-party environmental and cumulative-impact study — developer-funded but city-selected — before any rezoning is heard?" (This was the specific demand made by speakers in June 2026.)
4. "What is JXN Water's current surplus treatment and distribution capacity in MGD, and what would be committed to an industrial customer without affecting residential pressure or stormwater load?" (Ask JXN Water at 601-500-5200, in writing.)
5. "Can I get a copy of the Clinton data center tax incentive agreement Hinds County approved in February 2026, including any job or investment clawback provisions?" (Ask the Hinds County Chancery Clerk. Compare it to Madison County's benchmark FILOT.)
6. "What is the status of PSC Docket 2026-AD-10, and how do I file a public comment?" (Ask the PSC Central District at 800-356-6430. If private power plants for data centers are unregulated, ratepayers and neighbors both lose a venue.)

9. If You're Thinking About Moving Here

Honest read:

What's true right now. Nothing is proposed inside 39202. The city has paused all new data center applications. The neighborhood has the best physical and political access to decision-makers of anywhere in this study — City Hall, the County Board, the PSC, MDEQ and the federal courthouse are all a short drive. Midtown and Belhaven have real amenities, walkability, and institutional anchors.

What is genuinely unresolved.

• Water is the dominant risk, and it precedes the data centers. JXN Water has been in federal receivership since 2022, took a court-approved rate increase in February 2026, faced shutoff pressure over unpaid bills in late 2025, and is not projected to be locally self-sufficient before 2029. Evaluate water reliability and water cost at your specific address before you commit. Data centers make this harder; they did not cause it.
• The pause expires. 183 days from mid-August 2026 lands in early-to-mid 2027. The Saxum application waits it out. If the ordinance is weak or late, the rezoning gets heard on the old rules.
• Stormwater. TCG explicitly warned that large projects without setbacks, drainage planning and ecological analysis amplify stormwater burdens on residents. Midtown/downtown Jackson already carries drainage burden. Ask what basin your address is in.
• Power rates. You will be an Entergy Mississippi ratepayer inside a multi-billion-dollar generation buildout. Entergy projects $2 billion in savings; Earthjustice says the terms aren't public enough to check. The PSC decides, and its office is downtown.
• The county's track record. Hinds County approved a 67% abatement for 30 years in Clinton with no publicly reported clawback. That is the negotiating posture of the county you'd be moving into.
• Nothing is guaranteed to stay put. "None found in 39202" is a snapshot dated 2026-08-02, not a forecast. Speculative land assembly moves fast.

What's reassuring. Jackson is the only jurisdiction in this six-site study that held multiple public hearings before any approval, commissioned and published consultant recommendations, and stopped the clock. Residents here demonstrated that showing up works. If you move to 39202, you are moving to the address where showing up is easiest.

Not real-estate or investment advice. Before you buy: pull the zoning around your address, call JXN Water about pressure and service history at that specific address, ask your council member for the draft ordinance, and attend one City Council meeting.

10. Sources

All accessed 2026-08-02 unless noted.

Jackson process, hearings, moratorium

• Mississippi Today (July 14, 2026), "Jackson passes state's first data center moratorium" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/07/14/jackson-data-center-moratorium/
• WLBT (July 14, 2026), "'Not ready for a data center': Jackson City Council approves moratorium on data centers" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/07/14/not-ready-data-center-jackson-city-council-approves-moratorium-data-centers/
• Mississippi Free Press, "'Nobody Wants This': Jackson Pumps the Brakes on Data Centers for 6 Months Amid Local Opposition" — https://www.mississippifreepress.org/nobody-wants-this-jackson-pumps-the-brakes-on-data-centers-for-6-months-amid-local-opposition/
• Mississippi Today (July 7, 2026), "Jackson City Council debates data center regulations, considers moratorium" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/07/07/data-center-jackson-city-council/
• Mississippi Today (June 23, 2026), "City Council says no Jackson data centers until regulations are set" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/06/23/data-centers-jackson-regulations-moratorium/
• Mississippi Today (June 12, 2026), "Residents still have questions after Jackson data center forum" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/06/12/jackson-data-center-forum/
• Mississippi Free Press, "Jackson Data Center Proposal Expands to 230 Acres Amid Mounting Local Opposition" — https://www.mississippifreepress.org/jackson-data-center-proposal-expands-to-230-acres-amid-mounting-local-opposition/
• Mississippi Free Press, "The City of Jackson Pauses Data Center Construction Until It Passes Regulations" — https://www.mississippifreepress.org/the-city-of-jackson-pauses-data-center-construction-until-it-passes-regulations/
• Mississippi Free Press, "Jackson Delays Vote on Temporary Data Center Moratorium Following Confidential Legal Memo" — https://www.mississippifreepress.org/jackson-could-block-data-center-construction-but-legal-questions-delay-a-vote/
• WLBT (June 23, 2026), "'The fight is not over': Dozens turn out to voice concerns on data center in Jackson" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/06/23/fight-is-not-over-dozens-turn-out-voice-concerns-data-center-jackson/
• MPB, "Crowded Jackson hearing highlights growing concerns over proposed data center" — https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/crowded-jackson-hearing-highlights-growing-concerns-over-proposed-data-center/
• The Capture Cascade Timeline, Saxum June 24 Planning Board hearing entry — https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--jackson-ms-northwest-data-center-rezoning-saxum-june-24-hearing/
• News From The States, "Jackson passes state's first data center moratorium" — https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/jackson-passes-states-first-data-center-moratorium

Consultant playbook

• WLBT (July 29, 2026), "Consultant helps Jackson develop data center playbook. Here are some of the highlights" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/07/29/consultant-helps-jackson-develop-data-center-playbook-here-are-some-highlights/

Lake Hico

• WLBT (July 20, 2026), "Jackson mayor: No data center in the works for Lake Hico site, talks still 'very premature'" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/07/20/mayor-no-data-center-works-lake-hico/

Water / receivership

• JXN Water — https://jxnwater.com/ · About https://jxnwater.com/about/ · Rates https://jxnwater.com/rates/
• Mississippi Today (Feb 23, 2026), "Judge wants both: Wingate grants JXN Water rate increase…" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/23/jackson-water-rate-increase-granted/
• WLBT (Dec 19, 2025), "Shutoffs loomed in third year of receivership…" — https://www.wlbt.com/2025/12/19/shutoffs-loomed-third-year-receivership-can-jackson-afford-its-own-water-system/
• WLBT (Nov 27, 2025), "Is Jackson's water emergency over?" — https://www.wlbt.com/2025/11/27/is-jacksons-water-emergency-over-heres-what-parties-case-have-say/
• WLBT (May 11, 2026), "Feds: Water authority act doesn't infringe on existing Jackson water lawsuits" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/05/11/feds-water-authority-act-doesnt-infringe-existing-jackson-water-lawsuits/
• Water Finance & Management, "Getting Jackson on Track" — https://waterfm.com/getting-jackson-on-track/

Nearby projects

• WLBT (March 4, 2026), "Who's building the data center in Clinton? Records provide details" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/03/04/whos-building-data-center-clinton-records-provide-details/
• WLBT (March 4, 2026), "Documents reveal incentive package for $750M Clinton data center" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/03/04/documents-reveal-incentive-package-750m-clinton-data-center/
• WLBT (June 9, 2026), "'Exciting day in Mississippi': Ribbon-cutting marks opening of Clinton data center" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/06/09/exciting-day-mississippi-ribbon-cutting-marks-opening-clinton-data-center/
• Mississippi Today (March 17, 2026), "Data center gets mixed reaction in Clinton" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/03/17/data-center-clinton-limited-details/
• Mississippi Today (June 9, 2026), "Where do Amazon's data centers in Mississippi stand?" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/06/09/amazon-data-centers-mississippi/
• Amazon, "$25 billion in Mississippi data centers" — https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-25-billion-mississippi-data-centers

Power

• Entergy Mississippi, Traceview Advanced Power Station — https://www.entergymississippi.com/generation/traceview
• Entergy Mississippi generation — https://www.entergymississippi.com/generation
• Entergy, data centers Mississippi — https://www.entergy.com/datacenters/mississippi
• Entergy, "Powering up the grid to save customers $2 billion" — https://www.entergy.com/blog/entergy-mississippi-is-powering-up-the-grid-to-save-customers-2-billion
• Power Engineering, "Entergy Mississippi is building its first new gas plant in 50 years" — https://www.power-eng.com/gas/combined-cycle/entergy-mississippi-is-building-its-first-new-gas-plant-in-50-years/
• Mississippi Today (April 22, 2026), "Ridgeland data center faces Mississippi energy giants' opposition" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/04/22/ridgeland-data-center-entergy-mississippi-power/
• Mississippi Today (June 1, 2026), "Mississippi developer plans to proceed with data center" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/06/01/mississippi-ddata-center-plans/
• WLBT (April 22, 2026), "Jackson developer seeks PSC ruling for electric plant at proposed tech site" — https://www.wlbt.com/2026/04/22/jackson-developer-seeks-psc-ruling-electric-plant-proposed-tech-site/
• MDEQ air permit portal, Traceview (AI 89056) — https://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ai_info.aspx?ai=89056
• Earthjustice (May 2026), "In the Dark: Data Centers Could be Costing Mississippi Households" — https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/in-the-dark_mississippi-data-center-report.pdf (PDF not text-extractable in this research)

Money

• Mississippi Today (July 29, 2026), "What incentives are available to data centers in Mississippi?" — https://mississippitoday.org/2026/07/29/data-centers-incentives-mississippi/
• The Northside Sun, "$10 Billion — Madison County to reap big benefits from AWS investment" — https://www.northsidesun.com/10-billion-madison-county-reap-big-benefits-aws-investment

Community / context

• BlackPressUSA, "Connecting the Dots: Mississippi's AI Boom Leaves Communities Searching for Answers" — https://blackpressusa.com/connecting-the-dots-mississippis-ai-boom-leaves-communities-searching-for-answers/
• CBS News, "Mississippi homeowners blame a noisy data center plant for sleepless nights. The mayor's advice? 'Consider selling.'" — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mississippi-elon-musk-xai-data-center-power-plant-noise/

Contacts

• City of Jackson — https://jacksonms.gov/ · https://jacksonms.gov/contact-us/ · https://jacksonms.gov/city-council/ · https://jacksonms.gov/council-agendas-minutes/ · https://jacksonms.gov/meeting-schedule/
• Hinds County — https://www.hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/board-of-supervisors · https://www.hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/board-supervisors/board-meetings · https://www.hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/chancery-clerk
• Mississippi PSC contacts — https://www.psc.ms.gov/home/psc-contacts · docket search https://ctsportal.psc.ms.gov/portal/document-search
• Jackson Association of Neighborhoods — https://www.jxnneighborhoods.com/resources

Drought

• Drought.gov, Mississippi (data valid 07/28/2026) — https://www.drought.gov/states/mississippi
• U.S. Drought Monitor, Mississippi — https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MS