Jackson City Council, in Hinds County, Mississippi, adopted a data-center moratorium on July 14, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "On April 21, 2026, Jackson City Council President Brian Grizzell introduced a draft ordinance establishing a 183-day moratorium on construction, expansion, permitting, or site-plan approval of data centers exceeding 5 MW within Jackson… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | July 14, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Hinds County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Hinds County
Mississippi context
Mississippi has 2 documented local actions across 2 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Mississippi in this snapshot.
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.