06/15/2026
6/15, 6/22 & 6/23 Mississippi Datacenter Discussion & Prayer Community.
If your power bill feels higher lately, you aren’t imagining it. A new 404 Media investigation just exposed that the average Entergy Mississippi customer is already paying an extra $10.60 every single month to fund three massive Amazon Web Services data centers that aren’t even open yet!
Article at https://www.404media.co/amazon-data-centers-in-mississippi-have-already-raised-electricity-rates-for-local-customers-report-suggests
Thanks to a Mississippi law passed in 2024, big tech gets the red carpet while everyday ratepayers get stuck with a 7% bill hike to fund their upfront grid expansions.
We need to talk about this, and we need to do it now.
Given what we are dealing with, we need real community spaces. Let’s be honest: the forum that Planning and Development did at Jackson State last week was an absolute sham.
Not only was there zero objectivity or middle ground, but the entire program refused to accept live, vocal questions from the audience! Instead, they would only allow pre-screened questions that attendees had to write on note cards and submit to two attorneys who were there acting as moderators and gatekeepers.
There was nothing "community" about that. That was pure PR.
These three upcoming forums aim for far more objectivity and actual community input. Plus, all three events are all happening before the second meeting that Planning and Development is hosting on June 24th.
Here is where you need to be at 6:00 PM:
* Monday, June 15: Fresh Start Christian Church (5210 Manhattan Rd) — Come learn from local and national experts about grid, water, and bill impacts.
* Monday, June 22:Tabernacle of Praise Church (1917 Forest Ave)
* Tuesday, June 23: Central United Methodist Church (500 North Farish)
These tech companies are impacting our pockets before they even flip the switch. Check out the full details in the flyer, and share this with a neighbor who is tired of their power bill skyrocketing. See you there.