2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1174+ words) Data centers are a financial boon to communities, according to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, which is pushing back on concerns about their impact on the environment, on utility bills and on their neighbors. The pro-business organization is launching a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (474+ words) That increase has sharpened attention on a permit category that many residents previously had little reason to follow. For Georgia data centers, the permitting debate turns on whether backup power equipment should be treated as a limited operational safeguard or…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (754+ words) ATHENS, Ga. – Data centers and Medicaid expansion were on the menu as Georgia’s candidates for governor made their pitches to the state’s business leaders Wednesday at an annual luncheon hosted by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (753+ words) The Norcross City Council met for an Aug. 3 policy work session to discuss the 2027 budget, this fall’s property tax rate, and a moratorium on the demolition of pre-1950 structures. Elected officials spent time discussing whether a temporary block on all…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1726+ words) For a nation so utterly divided in its politics, there’s one issue bringing Americans together: A mistrust of data centers. Data centers are facilities filled with computers and networking equipment that keep the internet, cloud services, apps and AI running....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (393+ words) Protesters gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol on Saturday to demand community consent and an end to tax breaks for data center development. The Data Center Coalition stated the industry supported more than 187,000 jobs and generated $2.1 billion in state and…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (171+ words) Residents speak out against data centers at the July 7 DeKalb County Commission meeting. DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County commissioners voted July 7 to approve a resolution to extend a moratorium on new data center development through early next year while officials…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (621+ words) Milton, Ga. — Milton enacted a moratorium on data center applications June 15 to allow city staff time to draft possible amendments to the Unified Development Code addressing the developments. The 30-day moratorium will allow the City Council to host a public…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (565+ words) Google will spend $1 million on conservation work in a watershed in South Georgia near one of its data centers. The donation, announced this week, is part of a $17 million commitment by Google to support seven waterway and infrastructure improvement projects…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1158+ words) The 2026 legislative session in Georgia started with a wide range of proposals aimed at curbing the recent surge in data center proposals and responding to other environmental or energy concerns. And while most of those bills failed to overcome the…...