Coweta County near Atlanta has instituted a moratorium on datacenter construction while officials gather stakeholder input to develop planning guidelines. Residents voiced opposition to "Project Sail," a proposed $17 billion hyperscale datacenter campus, citing concerns about noise, air pollution and rural land protection. Lobbyists for the datacenter sector reportedly sought to weaken proposed planning provisions including environmental impact assessments, though those provisions were later removed. County officials say datacenters are a relatively new land use not explicitly covered by most zoning codes and aim to balance economic growth with long-term community interests.
A county in the US state of Georgia is facing opposition to the construction of a massive hyperscale datacenter campus, reflecting the growing concerns of communities in America and elsewhere over the rush to build more cloud and AI infrastructure. Controversy highlights the growing conflict between an industry that wants to take advantage of the ballooning demand for compute ... and local communities that are alarmed by the prospect of these giant IT warehouses popping up in their backyard
A spokesperson for Coweta County told us that its Board of Commissioners has been working diligently to develop a draft ordinance relating to bit barn planning, and sent us the following statement: Datacenters are still a relatively new land use and are not explicitly addressed in most zoning codes. As interest in siting datacenters in our county grows, we want to ensure that any future development supports economic growth while also protecting the long-term interests of our community. The moratorium provides us the necessary time to
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