Proposed data center site on Forest Avenue in northwest Jackson (Saxum rezoning)

❓ Still unanswered

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• Which company would build or use a data center here? 🙋 I'll find out
• When will Jackson adopt its data center rules? 🙋 I'll find out
• When will the Planning Board hear the rezoning again? 🙋 I'll find out

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Council passed a non-binding resolution 5-2 asking the city to look for good places for data centers, away from homes. It suggests land near Hawkins Field and the Jackson airport. The city attorney is writing a new data center ordinance.

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

Council voted 5-2 to pause data centers for 183 days. During the pause the city will not accept or approve permits, rezonings or building permits for data centers. City-owned land near the Jackson airport is left out. Because the vote was not unanimous, it took effect 30 days later. An earlier version was tabled on May 19.

🗺️ Zoning change

Saxum Investment Group asked to rezone about 230 acres on Forest Avenue in northwest Jackson to light industrial for a possible data center. The Planning Board put off the vote until the city has data center rules. Council leaders said no data center will be approved until then.