County approves rezoning of about 4,000 acres for proposed Jewel data‑center campus

The Miller County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt planning and zoning recommendations to change roughly 4,000 acres near Highway 50 from agricultural zoning to heavy industrial zoning, a move that clears the way for a proposed artificial‑intelligence data‑center campus by Jewel Capital Partners.

The vote came after a public hearing in which the applicant and county planning staff described the proposed project and neighbors and other residents raised concerns about traffic, noise, light and what future owners might do with heavy‑industrial zoning.

Mark McDougall, who identified himself as representing Jewel Capital Partners, Bridal C Farms and Red Willow, told the commission the project — which he repeatedly called “Jewel” — is planned as an AI data‑center campus sited on a contiguous block of land between Delta and Holden, just off Highway 50. “The project is 4,000 acres approximately located, between Delta and Holden just off of Highway 50,” McDougall said. He said the large parcel…