We respectfully request that the Jesup City Commissioners enact a moratorium on current and future large‑scale data center projects until comprehensive studies are completed and enforceable regulations are established.
The prospect of large‑scale data center developments has emerged in our beloved city of Jesup. While technological advancements are essential for progress, this rapid expansion presents significant challenges, especially if not subject to strict regulations.
Data centers have been notorious for their colossal consumption of both electricity and water, resources that are vital to our community.
- The introduction of data centers could potentially threaten the availability and quality of water for our homes and farms.
- Data centers have rapidly become one of the largest and fastest‑growing electricity consumers in the United States. These centers use enough energy to power entire towns, and Jesup's current infrastructure may not support such a substantial increase in demand without significant, and possibly detrimental, impacts.
- The proposed project is requesting that Georgia Power allocate 1.1 gigawatts of power for this development. That is equivalent to 800,000 homes.
- The hum of cooling systems, generators, and other equipment could create a persistent source of noise for nearby neighbors, disrupting the peace and quality of life that Jesup residents value.
- The promise of job creation by data center companies is often overstated. Data centers typically offer few permanent employment opportunities once operational, usually employing a small number of highly specialized technicians. This reality falls short of sustainable economic development, which should prioritize creating well‑paid and diverse job opportunities for our local workforce.
- Construction of the proposed data center campus could last nearly a decade. This construction can significantly disrupt local communities through heavy machinery, increased traffic, and prolonged noise.
Before Jesup approves or allows large‑scale data center projects, we believe the community deserves independent studies, transparent public discussion, and strong regulations addressing electricity, water, infrastructure, environmental impacts, noise, traffic, emergency services, and economic benefits.
Our beautiful community has enjoyed a quality of life that many of us have cherished for generations. The introduction of large, noisy data centers could disturb the peace of our residential areas and damage the local environment, affecting both the landscape and property values.
We are not against technological growth, but it must be balanced with the well‑being of our community and environment. Therefore, it is crucial for our city leaders to enact a moratorium.
A moratorium would pause current and new data center projects until comprehensive studies and regulations are established, ensuring these developments do not compromise our resources or quality of life.
We call upon our neighbors, friends, and all residents of Jesup who value our community's future to support our appeal to the Jesup City Council. If you agree that Jesup deserves careful planning and responsible development, please add your name to this petition. Let us work together to protect Jesup for current and future generations.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE - If you have not VERIFIED your signature, please check your email (including spam) for an email from ipetitions.com asking you to VERIFY your signature. Please verify your signature as soon as possible so you make sure it counts. We are compiling all signatures for the Public Hearing tomorrow. 📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026 📍 Cracker Williams Community Center 🕔 Work Session: 5:00 to 7:00 PM 🕖 Public Hearing: 7:00 PM
Town Hall - Tuesday, Sept. 29
September 25, 2026
Next Tuesday, the Jesup City Council will hear public comments on the proposed data center ordinance. We're asking everyone to: 💛 WEAR YELLOW 💛 SHOW UP & ASK JESUP TO SLOW DOWN Yellow, the color of caution, will send one simple message: let's slow down and get this right. 📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026 📍 Cracker Williams Community Center 🕔 Work Session: 5:00 to 7:00 PM 🕖 Public Hearing: 7:00 PM We're asking the Council to enact a 12-month moratorium on large-scale data centers and cryptocurrency mining. A moratorium is NOT a ban. It's a pause that gives our city time to answer the big questions first: 💧 Water capacity and wastewater discharge limits 🔊 Noise, especially low-frequency noise ⚡ Electricity costs for residents 💰 Who carries the fiscal risk The proposed ordinance was written quickly, and our zoning is outdated. Twelve months allows time for independent experts, legal review, and real public input. How you can help: ✅ Wear yellow and come to the hearing. A room full of yellow says a lot, even if you don't speak. ✅ Call, text, or email your commissioner before Tuesday. ✅ Sign the petition: https://www.ipetitions.com/p/jesupmoratorium/ ✅ Share this post and bring a neighbor! See you Tuesday (in yellow!) 💛 #PressPause #ProtectTheCommunity
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August 25, 2026
Jesup deserves thoughtful, responsible planning before these projects move forward. A temporary moratorium would give our community time to conduct independent studies, evaluate the potential impacts on our infrastructure, water resources, power grid, environment, property values, and quality of life, and put strong, enforceable protections in place. We are asking the Jesup City Commissioners to pause large-scale data center development and enact a moratorium before approving regulations that may leave our community vulnerable. 📣 Please let our commissioners know that Jesup wants a moratorium. Then share this petition with your friends, family, and neighbors!! The more voices they hear, the harder it is to ignore the community. Let’s make sure Jesup’s future is planned thoughtfully, not rushed.
Reached 250 supporters
August 25, 2026
Reached 100 supporters
August 24, 2026
102 Comments
I want to ensure water and the environment are not damaged and that no one's property value or peace is affected.
Wayne county neighbors bought houses in nice neighborhoods and have paid stupid property taxes all to have their dreams squashed. Either they live with this Data Center shoved right on top of them or end up having to move and deal with the loss of value of their property! Because no one will give even close to what the market is now after a data center is built right beside or around them. I think everyone that voted for this should have to live right next to it.
It is the wrong fit for Jesup and Wayne County , too close to Hospice, Bill Morris Park , private school,. Several churches, residences , etc. plus uses way too much water and electricity while they will probably want the taxpayers to make concessions to their company ( tax relief, supply water and power , drainage to them.
Data centers have more pros than cons. They damage the wildlife, pollute and use our water systems and emit noises that affect its neighbors. Our people don’t deserve this and neither does our land.
I believe this should be reconsidered and really looked into and how it’s going to affect our community as well as our lower class citizens. It’s hard enough these days to make it. So if it’s not for our good I beg you to reconsider. Thank you. Sincerely, Lindsay Carson Brannen street
This Data Center will be really close to my home😳. I was opposed to mining as well. Guess what who ever approved that, I feel like they had already made their minds made up.
Not enough safeguards to protect the health and quality of life of residents in the proposed data center area have been enacted.
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We respectfully request that the Jesup City Commissioners enact a moratorium on current and future large‑scale data center projects until comprehensive studies are completed and enforceable regulations are established.
The prospect of large‑scale data center developments has emerged in our beloved city of Jesup. While technological advancements are essential for progress, this rapid expansion presents significant challenges, especially if not subject to strict regulations.
Data centers have been notorious for their colossal consumption of both electricity and water, resources that are vital to our community.
- The introduction of data centers could potentially threaten the availability and quality of water for our homes and farms.
- Data centers have rapidly become one of the largest and fastest‑growing electricity consumers in the United States. These centers use enough energy to power entire towns, and Jesup's current infrastructure may not support such a substantial increase in demand without significant, and possibly detrimental, impacts.
- The proposed project is requesting that Georgia Power allocate 1.1 gigawatts of power for this development. That is equivalent to 800,000 homes.
- The hum of cooling systems, generators, and other equipment could create a persistent source of noise for nearby neighbors, disrupting the peace and quality of life that Jesup residents value.
- The promise of job creation by data center companies is often overstated. Data centers typically offer few permanent employment opportunities once operational, usually employing a small number of highly specialized technicians. This reality falls short of sustainable economic development, which should prioritize creating well‑paid and diverse job opportunities for our local workforce.
- Construction of the proposed data center campus could last nearly a decade. This construction can significantly disrupt local communities through heavy machinery, increased traffic, and prolonged noise.
Before Jesup approves or allows large‑scale data center projects, we believe the community deserves independent studies, transparent public discussion, and strong regulations addressing electricity, water, infrastructure, environmental impacts, noise, traffic, emergency services, and economic benefits.
Our beautiful community has enjoyed a quality of life that many of us have cherished for generations. The introduction of large, noisy data centers could disturb the peace of our residential areas and damage the local environment, affecting both the landscape and property values.
We are not against technological growth, but it must be balanced with the well‑being of our community and environment. Therefore, it is crucial for our city leaders to enact a moratorium.
A moratorium would pause current and new data center projects until comprehensive studies and regulations are established, ensuring these developments do not compromise our resources or quality of life.
We call upon our neighbors, friends, and all residents of Jesup who value our community's future to support our appeal to the Jesup City Council. If you agree that Jesup deserves careful planning and responsible development, please add your name to this petition. Let us work together to protect Jesup for current and future generations.
Updates
VERIFY YOUR SIGNATURE
September 28, 2026
IMPORTANT UPDATE - If you have not VERIFIED your signature, please check your email (including spam) for an email from ipetitions.com asking you to VERIFY your signature. Please verify your signature as soon as possible so you make sure it counts. We are compiling all signatures for the Public Hearing tomorrow. 📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026 📍 Cracker Williams Community Center 🕔 Work Session: 5:00 to 7:00 PM 🕖 Public Hearing: 7:00 PM
Town Hall - Tuesday, Sept. 29
September 25, 2026
Next Tuesday, the Jesup City Council will hear public comments on the proposed data center ordinance. We're asking everyone to: 💛 WEAR YELLOW 💛 SHOW UP & ASK JESUP TO SLOW DOWN Yellow, the color of caution, will send one simple message: let's slow down and get this right. 📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026 📍 Cracker Williams Community Center 🕔 Work Session: 5:00 to 7:00 PM 🕖 Public Hearing: 7:00 PM We're asking the Council to enact a 12-month moratorium on large-scale data centers and cryptocurrency mining. A moratorium is NOT a ban. It's a pause that gives our city time to answer the big questions first: 💧 Water capacity and wastewater discharge limits 🔊 Noise, especially low-frequency noise ⚡ Electricity costs for residents 💰 Who carries the fiscal risk The proposed ordinance was written quickly, and our zoning is outdated. Twelve months allows time for independent experts, legal review, and real public input. How you can help: ✅ Wear yellow and come to the hearing. A room full of yellow says a lot, even if you don't speak. ✅ Call, text, or email your commissioner before Tuesday. ✅ Sign the petition: https://www.ipetitions.com/p/jesupmoratorium/ ✅ Share this post and bring a neighbor! See you Tuesday (in yellow!) 💛 #PressPause #ProtectTheCommunity
Please Share with Friends, Family & Neighbors
August 25, 2026
Jesup deserves thoughtful, responsible planning before these projects move forward. A temporary moratorium would give our community time to conduct independent studies, evaluate the potential impacts on our infrastructure, water resources, power grid, environment, property values, and quality of life, and put strong, enforceable protections in place. We are asking the Jesup City Commissioners to pause large-scale data center development and enact a moratorium before approving regulations that may leave our community vulnerable. 📣 Please let our commissioners know that Jesup wants a moratorium. Then share this petition with your friends, family, and neighbors!! The more voices they hear, the harder it is to ignore the community. Let’s make sure Jesup’s future is planned thoughtfully, not rushed.
Reached 250 supporters
August 25, 2026
Reached 100 supporters
August 24, 2026
102 Comments
I'm not totally opposed to a data center, but I am opposed to how this was handled behind closed doors with a couple of Wayne co Commissioners in the know as well as a couple of city officials. I'm also opposed to non disclosure agreements being signed. We truly don't know what will be built or what if any restrictions and guidelines have been placed on the data center. This entire project needs to be tossed out and done openly with public input.
I want to ensure water and the environment are not damaged and that no one's property value or peace is affected.
Wayne county neighbors bought houses in nice neighborhoods and have paid stupid property taxes all to have their dreams squashed. Either they live with this Data Center shoved right on top of them or end up having to move and deal with the loss of value of their property! Because no one will give even close to what the market is now after a data center is built right beside or around them. I think everyone that voted for this should have to live right next to it.
It is the wrong fit for Jesup and Wayne County , too close to Hospice, Bill Morris Park , private school,. Several churches, residences , etc. plus uses way too much water and electricity while they will probably want the taxpayers to make concessions to their company ( tax relief, supply water and power , drainage to them.
Data centers have more pros than cons. They damage the wildlife, pollute and use our water systems and emit noises that affect its neighbors. Our people don’t deserve this and neither does our land.
I believe this should be reconsidered and really looked into and how it’s going to affect our community as well as our lower class citizens. It’s hard enough these days to make it. So if it’s not for our good I beg you to reconsider. Thank you. Sincerely, Lindsay Carson Brannen street
This Data Center will be really close to my home😳. I was opposed to mining as well. Guess what who ever approved that, I feel like they had already made their minds made up.
Not enough safeguards to protect the health and quality of life of residents in the proposed data center area have been enacted.
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I'm not totally opposed to a data center, but I am opposed to how this was handled behind closed doors with a couple of Wayne co Commissioners in the know as well as a couple of city officials. I'm also opposed to non disclosure agreements being signed. We truly don't know what will be built or what if any restrictions and guidelines have been placed on the data center. This entire project needs to be tossed out and done openly with public input.