GREATER DECATUR, Ga. — DeKalb County residents remain concerned about the potential for data centers to be built in their community. Some county commissioners said that having regulations in place would protect the community.
The county commission is considering regulations for data centers, and a moratorium on applications for the facility is in effect until Dec. 16. The county commission is anticipated to vote on the ordinance on Dec. 16. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at the Government Service Center, located at 178 Sams St. in Decatur.
“Strict regulations are so important in the process if you want to limit what’s built in DeKalb and to have a voice in what happens,” Commissioner Ted Terry said in a news release.
The county has received an application from PCC-DeKalb for a special land-use permit for a 1 million-square-foot facility at 4358 and 4280 Loveless Place. This would be in small-lot residential and mixed-use low-density zoning districts.
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