Chamblee At-Large Councilmember Jimmy Furst says it doesn’t make sense to build a data center in the City of Chamblee. He said the 7.9-square-mile town is dense, full and built out.
Despite Chamblee being potentially attractive to data center developers because of its industrial history and unused office space, Furst told show host Rose Scott on Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look” that his visceral reaction to data centers is no.
“What I do know is our citizens have said they want us to take a pause,” he explained. “They want us to look at this, and they want to do what is best from an environmental standpoint, and the quality-of-life aspect of that as well.”
Furst recently spearheaded the effort for the City of Chamblee to adopt a 180-day moratorium on data centers.
”Well, I gotta thank the council for approving unanimously this moratorium,” explained Furst. “The 180 days gives us more time to look at this from all angles and get the council aligned on how we wanna move forward. Now, the prohibition’s where my head’s at.”
