By: Rut Labrada, Arts & Entertainment Editor The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners passed a two-month moratorium on applications for Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers on Aug. 25.  Unanimously voted by the commissioners, this moratorium will ban businesses from submitting applications to receive permits to build data centers for 60 days, as commissioners and county agencies research, review, and develop ...

By: Rut Labrada, Staff writer At a town hall meeting on April 17 at the Student Union Theatre, guest speakers and more than 70 city residents discussed concerns regarding an artificial intelligence data center to be built near the Foxborough subdivision, concluding, among other things, that the data center would not create many jobs for the City of Valdosta. The data center, which is being spearheaded by lawyer Pope Langdale ...

Over the years, Artificial Intelligence has grown into a mind of its own, generating a complex computer program trying to simulate human intelligence.  However, with the rapid AI usage comes AI data centers to take the software and storage architectures to the next level.   A proposed AI data center will be located near Foxborough subdivision in Valdosta, located 4.6 miles northwest of Valdosta State.  This project is ...

          By Anna Ramsey, Staff Editor Pack your party hats and kazoos, Blazers; you have a 200th birthday party to attend.  Lowndes County’s Board of Commissioners is inviting the entire community to the historic Lowndes County Park from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, for a bicentennial celebration. That’s a lot of birthday candles.   Burgers and ...

Lowndes County and a majority of South Georgia experienced massive damage from tropical storm Irma early Monday morning. Power crews are working to fix downed power lines and restore power to the cities. This could take several days due to the amount of damage by fallen trees in cities such as Valdosta. Some power crews are being told they are ...