Data Centers

Bessemer residents want answers about a four-million-square-foot data center coming to their backyards

Residents in and around Bessemer are furious over Project Marvel, a plan to build a 4.5-million-square-foot data processing facility on 700 acres of wooded land. Public officials have been sworn to silence.

Data centers bring billions to Mississippi. Are the investments worth the risk?

State leaders have lauded the beginning of two new projects, but some industry experts said they come with big power demands and few permanent jobs.