The property sits past where the pavement stops on a lonely Texas highway, near a sprawling collection of rusting military vehicles, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A firm Jackson led until recently is developing the $6 billion project. He has touted it on the campaign trail as proof he has firsthand experience in the data center industry.
Jackson has promised Georgia voters that if he's elected governor, local governments and residents there would get to decide whether data center projects move forward in their own communities. His rivals and critics now have a real project, in a real place, to measure that promise against.
The contrast matters because data centers have turned into a flashpoint nationwide, with residents in fast-growing areas pushing back over land use, water demands and noise. How Jackson handled decision-making on those Texas acres could shape how much Georgia voters trust him to hand that power back to their own communities.
A billionaire's business deal in rural Texas is now a campaign issue eight hundred miles away in Georgia.