Douglas County, GA Denial of 4.4M Sq Ft Data Center Rezoning (July 2026)
Douglas County, GA · Douglas County, GA Board of Commissioners rezoning denial (4-1), July 8, 2026, 4.4M sq ft data center project
Douglas County, Georgia commissioners voted 4-1 on July 8, 2026 to reject a rezoning that would have allowed a 4.4 million-square-foot data center campus. It was the county's second rejection of a major data center project in seven months, signaling sustained resistance to large-scale data center development in the metro-Atlanta county.
Technical detail
Douglas County (GA) Board of Commissioners 4-1 vote, July 8, 2026, denying rezoning application for a 4.4M sq ft data center project. Second data center project denial in seven months. The denial is a final protective land-use decision; the county's earlier 2025 data center moratorium (indexed separately as douglas-county-ga-dc-moratorium-2025) expired Dec. 31, 2025 on its stated terms.
Who is protected: Douglas County, GA residents near the proposed site
Who must comply: The applicant/developer of the denied 4.4M sq ft data center project; future data center rezoning applicants in Douglas County, GA
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Douglas County, GA |
|---|---|
| Level | County |
| Status | In effect |
| Protection strength | Moderate protection |
| Effective date | 2026-07-08 |
| Enacted | 2026-07-08 |
| Citation | Douglas County, GA Board of Commissioners rezoning denial (4-1), July 8, 2026, 4.4M sq ft data center project |
| Enforced by | Douglas County, GA Board of Commissioners; Planning and Zoning |
| Penalties | Rezoning denial (project cannot proceed as proposed) |
| Topics | data-center siting and energy |
| Last verified | 2026-07-19 |
| Official source | Douglas County leaders just killed massive data center project — FOX 5 Atlanta ↗ |
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Related data-center siting and energy rules elsewhere
- SB 484 (FL Data Center Costs) · In effect
- Maine Data Center Moratorium (vetoed) · Vetoed
- VA Data Center Siting Bill (Vetoed) · Vetoed
- VA Data Center Tax Exemption · In effect
- VA Data Center Cost-Allocation Law · In effect
- Texas SB 6 (Data Center Grid Law) · In effect
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