Jackson Jambalaya

These tech economic development projects have absolutely ruined some great deer hunting spots.

Biloxi? How is Chowke going to get his cut?

LOL @ 8:03. Jesus H tap-dancing Christ, we have some f'ing morons in this state.

How many of these companies are actually hiring Mississippians vs paying other people to relocate?

Has anyone dealt with any of these military-discharged cybersecurity experts? I have. Completely incompetent. Most of them lack basic understanding of networking and have zero knowledge of coding, scripting, or even basic PowerShell terminal commands. They only unserstand the basic UI of whatever SIEM the military certified them for.

Yet more nonsense from Sid, Tate, etc. It is almost certainly a good economic thing for Mississippi that "Keesler Air Base in Biloxi, Mississippi is now the national hub for cyber operations training in that branch of service." However, yet again the economic impact is not anything close to what is being claimed. The following passage:

"Mississippi Power Company President & CEO Anthony Wilson sees the ribbon-cutting for the Mississippi Cyber Technology Center in Biloxi as one of a series of transformational high-tech economic development projects that will transform how the rest of the country sees Mississippi and perhaps more importantly, how we see ourselves.

'We are witnessing a revolution in Mississippi that is transforming the state’s economic landscape, attracting new businesses, providing job opportunities now and learning opportunities for a new generation. When you consider the $20 billion investment in two data centers over the last two years, the Cyber Center at Keesler, and much more, Mississippi is clearly a leader in these cutting-edge technologies. I believe this is only the beginning of a period of tremendous growth as perceptions of our state are seen in a new light,' Wilson said."

is nothing more than Sid parroting bullshit from Wilson, who clearly sees opportunity for the company he heads but doesn't seem too concerned about the downside for his company's residential and small business customers.

While there are pluses to these "tech" projects coming to and being in Mississippi, the economic impact will not be anything remotely close to the amounts touted. Think of a Mississippi citizen buying a $100,000 loaded 4WD diesel 3/4 ton crew cab pickup or a business buying a commercial $100,000 vehicle. Regardless of where the dealer’s/vendor’s profit may go, the tax on the vehicle, the plates, etc. do go to Mississippi. It is likely, but not a certainty, that at least some of the "transaction" labor costs (the salesperson, the operation of a Mississippi dealership, etc.) stay in Mississippi. But most of the $100,000 purchase price goes out-of-state, even if the vehicle happens to assembled in Mississippi. Some very tiny amount might "come back" in the form of divs paid to shareholders who are Mississippi residents/entities AND the recipient either pays taxes on those divs or spends all or part of them in Mississippi. The bottom line is that it is not anything close to a $100,000 “investment” or anything else in Mississippi. And if all or part of the taxes, plates, etc. are waived, the small dollar amount benefit to Mississippi because of the $100,000 spent is even less. There are on-going costs to the buyer-operator, such as fuel, yearly plates and taxes, servicing, etc. that potentially stay in Mississippi, but there also expenses such as road/infrastructure maintenance, etc. With a single vehicle, these are negligible, but considering all vehicles, the amounts of income and outflow become meaningful.

The numbers claimed with these projects might impress and fool a lot of people in Mississippi, but they do not impress or fool the numbers people at even the companies involved, much less other companies. In other words, no one who matters at companies like Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Google, the chipmakers, or any other meaningful company, tech- or otherwise, reads these announcements and thinks, "Oh, wow! We need to look at Mississippi - look at all the money Amazon is spending there!" While the pols aren't claiming such directly, they are strongly implying such things, which just adds to the misrepresentations.

One of them quit cyber work, got a real estate license, then killed 14 people in nola on New Year’s Eve. Native born Texan / isis recruit / terrorist

Maybe we should return to non-mechanized farming. I get so tired of these whiny asses who complain about each and every attempt to create jobs.

The Amazon center in Madison is the real deal. But they are building tons of them all over the world. The Madison site is not unique in any way. Louisiana just got a Meta data center in Shreveport that is supposed to be even bigger. All of the important people were at the announcement taking credit and crowing about their economic development.

The Keesler thing is mostly feel-good PR. The tech work will be sourced out. They are not moving hundreds of competent tech workers to the Mississippi coast. Just not happening.

The Meridian thing doesn't smell right. If you do any amount of research on this "tech firm" you will see they have never done anything close to this big. It just doesn't add up.

You don't know. What are your ideas Einstein?

@ 8:03 Just letting you know I caught the joke unlike the guy who must be real fun at parties.

Bring on the invasion of the ditch shitters because the good lord knows the locals are too stupid for these jobs.

Meanwhile: 1975 - Officials announced today that Sugar Ditch Alley, AKA Tunica, Mississippi, will be filled in with fresh dirt (with a mix of gold) and the entire area will become an investment and jobs market for generations to come.

Both Virginia and Texas banned any new Internet Data Centers. We will also ban them soon.