Multi-Billion-Dollar Data Center Being Built in Brandon, but Residents Still Want Answers

Multi-billion-dollar data center being built in Brandon, but residents still want answers

A petition calling for transparency and environmental safeguards before construction is complete on a $6 billion data center in Rankin County has gathered nearly 1,000 signatures, reflecting growing community unease about the massive project’s potential impact on local resources and utility costs. The project, known as the AVAIO Digital’s Taurus campus, is being developed by the Connecticut-based data center developer on hundreds of acres at the…

Who is really pushing the AI Data Center near Brandon? – South DaCola

I don’t know the answer to that question, but I am speculating that GOED (Governor’s Office of Economic Development) is pushing this project. We know that the data center will drive up water and electrical costs for consumers in that service area. It will also NOT create hundreds of jobs. For example, ADP has a data center in Sioux Falls. Do you know how many people work there? It’s about a dozen. It will only create jobs for out of state contra…