Ward Two Councilwoman
Tina Clay stated city intentionally adopted budget $23 million too high to justify data center project
Jackson Lake Hico Data Center
A data center proposed near Lake Hico in Jackson is under judicial scrutiny following a moratorium and controversy over city officials' discussions about the site. It is reported; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
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What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Not disclosed
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Not disclosed | |||
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What happened
No dated entry is on the record yet.
14 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Andrew Smith, Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors Minority Caucus, said the convening goal was to provide local leaders with factual information to make informed decisions about data center projects affecting their communities.
On September 12, 2026, community training focused on the growing presence of data centers in Mississippi and their potential impact on local communities, addressing issues involving water, energy, land use, public resources, neighborhoods and community development.
Every statement about data centers in Mississippi, by speaker
2 more statements on this page
Mayor Horhn met with Entergy Mississippi CEO Haley Fisackerly and former Mayor Kane Ditto on April 30 to discuss data centers
The site
Where in Hinds County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 6 other published records in Mississippi
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
4 questions answered from the record
Who is building Jackson Lake Hico Data Center?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
How much power and water does Jackson Lake Hico Data Center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Jackson Lake Hico Data Center stand today?
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It is reported; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.
What has Jackson or Hinds County decided about it?
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No decision by Jackson or Hinds County about data centers is on the record. The Hinds County page and the Mississippi scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.
Sources
Reporting
- Judge questions Jackson officials about Lake Hico data center discussion - Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today, July 20, 2026, local outlet
- Jackson moratorium on data centers sparks debate between activists and developers - WAPT, WAPT, July 15, 2026, local outlet
- ‘Not ready for a data center’: Jackson City Council approves moratorium on data centers - WLBT, WLBT, July 14, 2026, local outlet
- ‘Nobody Wants This’: Jackson Pumps the Brakes on Data Centers for 6 Months Amid Local Opposition - Mississippi Free Press, Mississippi Free Press, July 14, 2026, local outlet
- Jackson City Council votes to pause new data center development - The Clarion-Ledger, The Clarion-Ledger, July 14, 2026, local outlet
- State leaders give thoughts on AI, Pope Leo. Data center pushback continues: Mississippi Marketplace - Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today, May 28, 2026, local outlet
- Jackson City Council votes to pause new data center development - clarionledger.com, clarionledger.com, July 14, 2026, local outlet
- Mississippi developer plans to move forward with data center plans, even as state declines to give ruling - Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today, June 1, 2026, local outlet
- Jackson passes state’s first data center moratorium - Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today, July 14, 2026, local outlet
- Jackson City Council debates data center regulations, considers moratorium - Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today, July 7, 2026, local outlet
- The City of Jackson Pauses Data Center Construction Until It Passes Regulations - Mississippi Free Press, Mississippi Free Press, July 6, 2026, local outlet
- Residents still have questions after Jackson data center forum - Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today, June 12, 2026, local outlet
2 more sources
- Jackson Delays Vote on Temporary Data Center Moratorium Following Confidential Legal Memo - Mississippi Free Press, Mississippi Free Press, May 21, 2026, local outlet
- Jackson data center rezoning hearing postponed - Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today, May 27, 2026, local outlet
14 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Jackson Lake Hico Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/jackson-lake-hico-data-center-ms, last verified September 17, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Jackson Lake Hico Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/jackson-lake-hico-data-center-ms. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
The structured rows are CC BY 4.0. Link to this page; that is what turns a reuse into a citation. Prose stays under copyright.
For researchers
- Slug
- jackson-lake-hico-data-center-ms
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/ms/hinds-county/jackson
- Coordinates
- 32.29889, -90.18472
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Jackson), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-09-17