Three multibillion-dollar data centers are being built in Mississippi.

People are concerned about pollution and electric bill increases that have been seen in data center hot spots around the country.

Entergy is providing power to two of the centers, Amazon Web Services in Madison County and AVAIO in Rankin County. Haley Fisackerly, the CEO of Entergy Mississippi, sat down for an interview with Mississippi Today to address some of these concerns.

The interview was conducted Sept. 9 and has been edited for clarity and length.

Mississippi Today: The main question we’ve been getting is about electricity rates. Are people’s electricity rates going to go up because of the data centers? You’ve said they won’t, but in other states they really have. Can you explain?

Haley Fisackerly: I apprec

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