DECATUR, Ga. — The DeKalb County Commission, at its June 23 meeting, denied proposed land-use and zoning regulations for data centers. After an initial vote to defer Tuesday afternoon, a later motion to reconsider the ordinance was made and the commission shot down the proposal in a unanimous vote.
The regulations were originally deferred until Aug. 11 in a 5-2 vote.
The regulations had been up for consideration for about one year. The commission began discussing the regulations in July 2025, and a moratorium on data center construction applications has been in place since then. The commission voted last week to extend the moratorium for another 100 days, through Sept. 30.
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