Georgia local moratoria

Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Georgia, current through September 23, 2026.

70 instruments — 50 in force, 0 pending, 20 past.

State policy is tracked separately: 9 actions (9 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.

Detailed entries

Adel (Cook County)

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-06
• Normalized date: 2026-07-06 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-adel-cook-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 26-02, imposing a 180-day moratorium on accepting, processing, or considering data center site applications and issuing construction permits
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-06
• Outcome: Mayor and council adopted Resolution No. 26-02 imposing a 180-day data center moratorium

Albany

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-28
• Normalized date: 2026-07-28 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months, with an option to extend an additional 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-albany-2026
• Legal basis: Albany City Commission vote adopting a 12-month halt on all new data center development
• What prompted it: Growing statewide concern about data center development, following consideration of 180-day, 12-month, and 18-month options
• Affected projects: Not identified in captured news coverage
• Detailed status: Adopted unanimously; not independently re-checked past publication
• Outcome: City commissioners unanimously approved a 12-month halt on all new data center development, with an option to extend 6 more months

Appling County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2026-08-04, Appling County Board of Commissioners resolution signed by the Chairman and attested by the County Clerk
• Normalized date: 2026-08-04 (exact)
• Duration: 40 days from adoption (to about 2026-09-13), unless lifted earlier or regulations adopted; extendable after a public hearing
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-appling-county-2026
• Legal basis: Appling County Board of Commissioners Resolution declaring a temporary 40-day emergency moratorium on data center facilities (electrical permits, conditional use permits, development permits, site plans, building permits) in unincorporated Appling County
• What prompted it: County code, development regulations and zoning do not address data center facilities
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Expired 2026-09-13 (40 days after the 2026-08-04 resolution). The prior researcher's claim that a follow-on 180-day resolution was moved to a Sept. 8, 2026 meeting does not hold up: the Board's own Aug. 18, 2026 called-meeting minutes show the Sept. 8 date was set only to adopt the FY2027 millage-rate roll-back, not a data-center item, and that meeting was in fact rescheduled to a Sept. 17, 2026 called meeting whose two agendas cover only the millage rate and county/school tax levies -- no moratorium item on either. The official combined minutes for the county's only other August meetings (the Aug. 4 regular meeting and the Aug. 18 budget workshop) likewise contain no motion or vote enacting, extending, or discussing a data-center moratorium beyond the original resolution's own text. No extension, replacement, or new moratorium was found through the county's most recently posted agenda (Sept. 17, 2026), 4 days after the 40-day term ran out.
• Outcome: Commissioners adopted a 40-day emergency moratorium on data center approvals pending code revisions.

Athens-Clarke County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-12-02
• Normalized date: 2025-12-02 (exact)
• Duration: Initial moratorium through 2026-03-06; extended through 2026-06-05 by Ordinance 26-03-19 (2026-03-03); replaced 2026-04-07
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-athens-clarke-county-2025
• Legal basis: Ordinance 25-12-117 (initial); Ordinance 26-03-19 (extension adopted 2026-03-03 by unanimous vote, "AN ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE, CONTINUE, AND EXTEND A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DATA CENTERS"); replacement text amendment to Title IX held over and adopted 2026-04-07
• What prompted it: Existing zoning did not specifically address data centers; concerns about utilities, contamination, water, and land use
• Affected projects: No specific project identified in captured records
• Detailed status: Replaced
• Outcome: New rules allow data centers in heavy industrial zones with tighter review and closed-loop cooling requirements

Augusta-Richmond County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-06-02 (Augusta Commission imposed a 49-day pause on new data centers at its Tuesday June 2, 2026 meeting, per same-day WRDW reporting); 2026-07-21 (Commission unanimously extended by 60 days and required three community hearings before any vote on permanent rules)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-02 (exact)
• Duration: Initial 49 days from 2026-06-02; extended 60 days on 2026-07-21 (running to approximately 2026-09-19)
• Current end date: 2026-09-15
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-augusta-richmond-county-undated
• Legal basis: Augusta Commission action on a Planning and Development recommendation; 49-day moratorium adopted 2026-06-02, extended 60 days 2026-07-21. Instrument numbers not located.
• What prompted it: Ongoing consideration of a permanent data-center ordinance; extension adds three public hearings before any vote
• Affected projects: Not identified in captured news coverage
• Detailed status: Replaced 2026-09-15; the Augusta Commission adopted a 29-page data center ordinance 6-5 (bans data centers in residential/agricultural zones, tiered approvals, 65/60 dB limits, 500-ft buffers, closed-loop cooling) and rejected, 5-6, a motion to extend the moratorium another 30 days. Instrument numbers not located.
• Outcome: 49-day moratorium (2026-06-02) extended 60 days on 2026-07-21, then replaced by a permanent data center ordinance adopted 6-5 on 2026-09-15; the QTS Gordon Highway campus remains exempt.

Ball Ground

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-13 -- Ball Ground City Council unanimously approved the 'Data Center Application Moratorium' (motion by Councilmember Stancil, seconded by Councilmember Barnes) per the city's official Aug. 13, 2026 meeting minutes. The Cherokee Tribune (Aug. 17) reports it took effect Friday Aug. 14 and runs through Feb. 9, 2027.
• Normalized date: 2026-08-13 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days (effective 2026-08-14 through 2027-02-09), per Cherokee Tribune reporting; not independently verified against the moratorium's own text, which was not located separately from the minutes.
• Current end date: 2027-02-09
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-ball-ground-2026
• Legal basis: Ball Ground City Council moratorium on data center applications (instrument and term not published in accessible sources)
• What prompted it: Give staff time to draft data center regulations, following Cherokee County's moratorium
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23 per reporting; City Council paused data center applications in August 2026 while staff work on an ordinance.
• Outcome: City Council adopted a moratorium on data center applications.

Banks County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: Banks County Board of Commissioners approved a data center moratorium in August 2026 (reported 2026-08-16); extended at a September 2026 meeting through 2027-03-09
• Normalized date: 2026-08 (month_only)
• Duration: Initial term not stated in accessible text; extended through 2027-03-09
• Current end date: 2027-03-09
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-banks-county-2026
• Legal basis: Banks County Board of Commissioners initial 30-day emergency moratorium on data center applications (August 2026, to update the county code), superseded by a 180-day moratorium; extended alongside a companion R-1 zoning moratorium at a meeting the week of 2026-09-08 through 2027-03-09
• What prompted it: Update county code to address data centers
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Extended as of 2026-09-23: an initial 30-day emergency moratorium (August 2026) was converted to a 180-day moratorium by resolution, then extended alongside a parallel R-1 zoning moratorium at a Board of Commissioners meeting the week of 2026-09-08, through 2027-03-09.
• Outcome: Board adopted and then extended a data center moratorium while updating the county code.

Bloomingdale

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-20, Bloomingdale City Council, unanimous (Thursday meeting), Resolution No. 2026-012
• Normalized date: 2026-08-20 (exact)
• Duration: Through 11:59 p.m. on 2027-02-16 (about six months)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-bloomingdale-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 2026-012 (City of Bloomingdale) declaring a moratorium on acceptance of applications relating to establishment or expansion of data centers
• What prompted it: OpenAI's Project Camellia in neighboring Effingham County; protect residents' access to power and water
• Affected projects: None in city; OpenAI project in Effingham County cited
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; moratorium adopted 2026-08-20 bars data center applications, permits and licenses in Bloomingdale through 2027-02-16.
• Outcome: City Council unanimously adopted a six-month data center moratorium while the city studies regulations.

Brooks County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-02
• Normalized date: 2026-02-02 (exact)
• Duration: Original 90-day term (to 2026-05-02) extended by Board action (FA040-2026, 2026-05-04); per the July 6, 2026 regular-meeting minutes the moratorium remains in effect until 2026-12-31.
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-brooks-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 26-R-01
• What prompted it: County wanted fact-finding time on safety concerns and regulation of data center facilities
• Affected projects: No specific project identified in captured records
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; July 6, 2026 Board minutes (item FA068-2026, Data Center Ordinance) state the moratorium remains in effect until 2026-12-31 while a five-member committee (including two commissioners) drafts a permanent data center ordinance; a committee-creation item was on the July 27 work session. No ordinance adoption appears in the August 3 or August 31 minutes or the September 8 agenda.
• Outcome: Study/drafting period ongoing as of 2026-06-29; Board directed staff to draft specific criteria for a permanent data center ordinance, teed up for the July 6, 2026 meeting. Final adoption status not confirmed as of 2026-07-31.

Bulloch County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-17
• Normalized date: 2026-02-17 (exact)
• Duration: Extended to Dec. 31, 2026 (from the original 90-day term) per the May 5, 2026 vote, unless the Board acts sooner.
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-bulloch-county-2026
• Legal basis: Bulloch County Board of Commissioners resolution adopted 2026-02-17 [VERIFY: news reporting (WJCL) confirms board action; resolution number not located on county website as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Data centers were not listed as permitted or conditional uses; county sought time to decide whether to prohibit or regulate them
• Affected projects: No imminent deal identified by county chair
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; moratorium remains in effect through Dec. 31, 2026. The proposed outright ban text amendment (tabled 3-2 on Aug. 4, 2026) was brought back and rejected 4-3 (with Chairman David Bennett's tiebreaker vote) at the Sept. 1-2, 2026 meeting, leaving the existing moratorium in place. The Board separately voted 6-0 to establish a 21-member 'Working Group on Data Centers,' with commissioner nominees due by the Sept. 15, 2026 meeting.
• Outcome: County study and potential zoning clarification

Calhoun (Gordon County)

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-04-27 (Calhoun City Council unanimously passed a 90-day preemptive moratorium resolution at its Monday April 27, 2026 meeting, running through at least July 27); extended six additional months by unanimous (3-0) council vote on 2026-06-08 after a public hearing
• Normalized date: 2026-04-27 (exact)
• Duration: Extended through the second council meeting in January 2027, identified in the minutes as 2027-01-25
• Current end date: 2027-01-25
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-calhoun-gordon-county-undated
• Legal basis: Calhoun City Council resolution (adopted unanimously 2026-04-27) halting all applications for zoning decisions, land disturbance permits and licenses for data centers; extended by council vote following a public hearing on 2026-06-08. Resolution numbers not published in sources reviewed.
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; moratorium runs through 2027-01-25 (last week of January 2027) per the June 8 extension; no replacement ordinance reported.
• Outcome: City Council unanimously extended its data center moratorium for six additional months after a public hearing at which several residents opposed data centers

Camden County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: May 5, 2026 (Tuesday), per GPB/The Current reporting on the Camden County Board of Commissioners meeting, which is corroborated by the earlier May 2, 2026 article reporting the vote was scheduled for 'Tuesday.'
• Normalized date: 2026-05-05 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: 2026-11-01
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-camden-county-2026
• Legal basis: Camden County Board of Commissioners resolution adopting a 6-month moratorium on data centers, adopted May 5, 2026 with the exclusion of sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the proposal as originally drafted by District 3 Commissioner Cody Smith.
• What prompted it: Growing statewide concern about energy-hungry data center operations, amid a contemporaneous Kingsland rezone vote
• Affected projects: Not identified in captured news coverage
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; adopted by a Camden County Board of Commissioners vote on May 5, 2026, with the ordinance excluding sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the originally proposed resolution. GPB (in partnership with The Current) reports Camden as the first coastal Georgia county to adopt such a moratorium. No numbered resolution identifier was located in GPB's reporting or elsewhere. [VERIFY instrument number: still not located as of 2026-09-23]
• Outcome: County commissioners voted to adopt a 6-month moratorium on data centers

Carroll County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: Board of Commissioners approved a 100-day moratorium on data center and battery energy storage system permits in unincorporated Carroll County at its March 3, 2026 meeting (7-0); extended for another 100 days at the June 3, 2026 meeting (7-0).
• Normalized date: 2026-03-03 (exact)
• Duration: 100 days from March 3, 2026 (or until zoning revisions adopted); extended 100 days on June 3, 2026; a third 100-day moratorium approved 7-0 on August 4, 2026, running to approximately 2026-11-12.
• Current end date: 2026-11-12
• Sectors: data center, battery storage, solar
• Moratorium ID: ga-carroll-county-2026
• Legal basis: Carroll County Board of Commissioners resolution adopted March 3, 2026, applicable only to unincorporated Carroll County; extension resolution adopted June 3, 2026.
• What prompted it: Significant surge in planning, development, and construction of data centers and battery energy storage facilities nationally and in Georgia; the county's zoning ordinance (from the 1990s) did not contemplate these uses.
• Affected projects: Not specified in sources reviewed
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; on 2026-08-04 the Board of Commissioners approved (7-0) a third 100-day moratorium on data center permits, running to about 2026-11-12, while a draft ordinance covering data centers, solar farms and battery storage (reviewed at the July 30 work session) moves toward Planning and Zoning hearings; the board expected to review the ordinance at its December meeting.
• Outcome: Third 100-day moratorium adopted 2026-08-04; permanent ordinance for data centers, solar and battery storage still in draft.

Cedartown

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Cedartown City Commission unanimously approved Resolution 4, 2026 at its March 23, 2026 meeting.
• Normalized date: 2026-03-23 (exact)
• Duration: Six months per the city manager's public statement ahead of the vote.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-cedartown-2026
• Legal basis: Cedartown City Commission Resolution 4, 2026, adopted March 23, 2026 (unanimous).
• What prompted it: City wanted time to study how other jurisdictions were regulating data centers before adopting its own rules.
• Affected projects: Not specified in sources reviewed
• Detailed status: Enacted March 23, 2026; no subsequent news of extension, replacement, or expiration was located in this research pass. [VERIFY status: six-month term ended about 2026-09-22; no extension, replacement or lapse found in the 2026-09 QA pass]
• Outcome: Study moratorium; outcome pending as of sources reviewed

Chamblee

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-21, Chamblee City Council regular meeting, unanimous
• Normalized date: 2026-07-21 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days, through 2027-01-16
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-chamblee-2026
• Legal basis: Chamblee City Council temporary moratorium suspending acceptance of applications relating to new data centers (sponsored by At-Large Councilmember Jimmy Furst)
• What prompted it: Review code after DeKalb County rejected proposed data center standards (June 23); energy, water, tree canopy, stormwater, noise concerns
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 180-day moratorium adopted 2026-07-21 runs through 2027-01-16.
• Outcome: Council adopted a 180-day moratorium on data center applications to review its code.

Chatham County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-09-11, Chatham County Board of Commissioners, unanimous vote at a Friday meeting
• Normalized date: 2026-09-11 (exact)
• Duration: 155 days, expiring 2027-02-16; may be extended by up to 60 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-chatham-county-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners creating new subsection 3-102 of Article I, imposing a temporary moratorium on development or conversion activity for large-scale data centers (10 MW or greater) and prohibiting conversion of warehouses/industrial buildings of 200,000 sq ft or more to data center use in unincorporated Chatham County, with automatic sunset
• What prompted it: OpenAI's $20B Effingham County project; county lacks rules addressing large data centers' electricity, water and residential compatibility
• Affected projects: None named; OpenAI Project Camellia in adjacent Effingham County cited
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 155-day moratorium adopted 2026-09-11 on 10 MW+ data centers and large warehouse conversions in unincorporated Chatham County, expiring 2027-02-16 unless extended (up to 60 days).
• Outcome: Board unanimously enacted a 155-day moratorium and directed a study of conditions for data center development.

Cherokee County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-07-22
• Normalized date: 2026-07-22 (exact)
• Duration: Initial 30 days (adopted 2026-07-21/22); extended by 180 days on 2026-08-18, for a total of about 210 days, running through approximately mid-February 2027 (2027-02-14) unless ended early or extended.
• Current end date: 2027-02-14
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-cherokee-county-2026
• Legal basis: Cherokee County Board of Commissioners resolution instituting a 30-day moratorium on data center applications (July 2026), extended by a Board resolution adopted 2026-08-18 enacting a 180-day moratorium on acceptance of applications for permits, land disturbance, land use amendments, rezoning, conditional use permits, variances and public hearing applications related to data centers. Resolution numbers not published in the sources reviewed.
• What prompted it: Growing statewide concern about data center development; county plans a public hearing to consider a longer extension
• Affected projects: Not identified in captured news coverage
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; on 2026-08-18 the Board of Commissioners unanimously extended the data center moratorium by 180 days, running through approximately 2027-02-14. County reports no pending or approved data center applications and no dedicated data center ordinance yet.
• Outcome: Board unanimously adopted a 30-day moratorium in July 2026 and on 2026-08-18 unanimously extended it by 180 days while staff research and draft data center standards.

Clayton County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-09-03
• Normalized date: 2025-09-03 (exact)
• Duration: 120 days, through 2025-12-31; extended a total of three times since September 2025 per county documents cited by WABE (July 24, 2026); still in effect as of that date. Exact current end date not confirmed.
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-clayton-county-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution 2025-193 (per Clayton County news release referenced in GPB 2025-10-22 reporting) [VERIFY: county news release URL https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/news/clayton-county-board-of-commissioners-approves-moratorium-on-new-data-centers-in-clayton-county/ — full resolution text not retrieved as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Health, safety, water-supply, and resident concerns after recent approvals
• Affected projects: Prior approvals included TA Realty Ellenwood (35-acre lot) and Digital Realty Forest Park (97 acres, ~2 million sq ft) facilities
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; the moratorium on new data center applications and permits in unincorporated Clayton County (originally passed Sept. 2, 2025; extended Dec. 16, 2025 to June 29, 2026; extended again in mid-2026) is now set to run to the end of December 2026 (2026-12-31 per the Ledger-Enquirer table). The date of the most recent extension resolution was not located.
• Outcome: Study period; permanent post-expiration framework not confirmed

Cobb County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-24
• Normalized date: 2026-02-24 (exact)
• Duration: Initial 180 days from 2026-02-24; extended another six months by resolution adopted 2026-08-11, expiring 2027-02-24.
• Current end date: 2027-02-24
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-cobb-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners moratorium resolution adopted unanimously 2026-02-24; extended by resolution adopted 2026-08-11 (BOC Regular Meeting agenda item 27, 'To adopt a resolution extending a temporary moratorium on rezoning applications and permits for new data centers in unincorporated Cobb County'). Resolution numbers not published in the portal or coverage reviewed.
• What prompted it: Surge of metro Atlanta data centers and concern over infrastructure impacts
• Affected projects: New permit applications in unincorporated Cobb County
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; on 2026-08-11 the Board of Commissioners extended the moratorium on new data center rezoning applications and permits by six months (to 2027-02-24) while staff prepare data center code amendments (draft rules with 300-foot residential setbacks and noise caps).
• Outcome: Moratorium extended 2026-08-11 through 2027-02-24; zoning code amendments for data centers being drafted.

Colquitt County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-06-02, Colquitt County Commission, unanimous (motion by Commissioner Johnny Hardin)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-02 (exact)
• Duration: 120 days from 2026-06-02 (to about 2026-10-01); extended another 180 days on 2026-09-01
• Current end date: 2027-02-28
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-colquitt-county-2026
• Legal basis: Colquitt County Commission moratorium on construction of data centers (and cryptocurrency mining centers under the planned ordinance), proposed by County Attorney Lester Castellow; extended 2026-09-01
• What prompted it: Allow revision of the zoning ordinance to regulate data centers (industrial/light industrial conditional use)
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; 120-day moratorium adopted 2026-06-02 was extended another 180 days on 2026-09-01 while the county drafts an ordinance modeled partly on Floyd County's.
• Outcome: Commission adopted a 120-day moratorium and extended it by 180 days while drafting zoning rules.

Covington

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-01-05; ratified 2026-01-20
• Normalized date: 2026-01-05 (exact)
• Duration: Originally until 2026-07-04; extended by council action to Aug. 4, 2026 (per the June 1, 2026 agenda) and again to Oct. 20, 2026 (per the July 6, 2026 agenda), before being superseded by the permanent data center ordinance adopted Aug. 17, 2026.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-covington-2026
• Legal basis: Original moratorium resolution adopted 2026-01-05, ratified 2026-01-20, and extended by council action multiple times (to Aug. 4, 2026 per the June 1, 2026 agenda; then to Oct. 20, 2026 per the July 6, 2026 agenda). Superseded by a permanent ordinance amending Covington Municipal Code Section 16.20.195 (Data Center) within Chapter 16.20 (Supplemental Use Provisions), given first reading and public hearing Aug. 3, 2026 and adopted on final reading Aug. 17, 2026. A resolution number for the original moratorium was not located.
• What prompted it: New annexation and development requests; concern that data centers were treated by-right in industrial zones
• Affected projects: New requests paused; two annexation matters moved toward rejection
• Detailed status: Replaced as of 2026-09-23. The city adopted a permanent Data Center ordinance (Covington Municipal Code Sec. 16.20.195) on final reading Aug. 17, 2026, after a first reading and public hearing on Aug. 3, 2026. The now-redundant moratorium (last extended through Oct. 20, 2026) was placed on the Sept. 1, 2026 council agenda for formal revocation, 'now that the related ordinance has been adopted.'
• Outcome: Permanent data center ordinance (Covington Municipal Code Sec. 16.20.195) adopted on final reading Aug. 17, 2026, after multiple moratorium extensions; the council's Sept. 1, 2026 agenda proposed formally revoking the now-superseded moratorium.

Coweta County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: May 6, 2025 (180-day moratorium), per news coverage of the Board of Commissioners meeting (4-1 vote, Chairman Bill McKenzie dissenting).
• Normalized date: 2025-05-06 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days, expiring 2025-11-03 (per Coweta County spokesperson statement quoted in GPB 2025-10-22)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-coweta-county-2025
• Legal basis: (first instrument, May 2025) Board of Commissioners moratorium resolution; replaced by permanent data center ordinance posted at https://www.coweta.ga.us/home/showpublisheddocument/32598/639016609046670000 [VERIFY: Coweta civic-clerk portal blocks direct PDF download (HTTP 403); ordinance number not yet retrieved as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Project Peach, Project Sail, petitions, and need for countywide standards
• Affected projects: Project Peach, about $1 billion and 320 acres; Project Sail (Atlas Development), 829 acres rezoned 3-2 from Rural Conservation to Industrial on 2026-04-07 with 17 conditions, ~4.34 million square feet, ~900 MW
• Detailed status: Replaced, as of 2026-09-23. 180-day moratorium expired 2025-11-03; permanent data center ordinance adopted December 16, 2025. That ordinance's approval of the 'Project Sail' rezoning is now under active litigation: 17 Coweta County residents (Bockrath, et al.) filed a Petition for Review/Appeal and Request for Declaratory Judgment in Coweta County Superior Court on May 5, 2026, against the county and developer Atlas Development, LLC, seeking to void the rezoning. As of the most recent case-status information located (dated after May 2026), the case remains active with no reported ruling.
• Outcome: Permanent data center ordinance adopted December 16, 2025, replacing the expired moratorium.

Coweta County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Coweta County Board of Commissioners, unanimous vote at its Tuesday night meeting (2026-06-16) on a 180-day moratorium to review the county's data center ordinance
• Normalized date: 2026-06-16 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days (to about 2026-12-13)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-coweta-county-2026
• Legal basis: (second instrument, June 2026) Coweta County Board of Commissioners resolution imposing a 180-day moratorium on acceptance of permits, land use amendments, rezoning/conditional use and variance applications and public hearings related to data centers (2026 review of the December 2025 data center ordinance)
• What prompted it: Review of the county's data center ordinance (on-site power generation, cap on number of data centers) with five data centers already proposed
• Affected projects: Five proposed data centers (including Project Sail) vested and exempt
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 180-day moratorium adopted 2026-06-16 runs to about 2026-12-13; five pending proposals with vested rights are exempt.
• Outcome: Commissioners unanimously adopted a 180-day moratorium to review the county's data center ordinance.

Crawford County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-06, Crawford County Board of Commissioners, unanimous (after Planning & Zoning vote 2025-12-18); extended 5-0 on 2026-05-21 to 2026-10-01
• Normalized date: 2026-01-06 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days (to about 2026-07-05); extended on 2026-05-21 to 2026-10-01
• Current end date: 2026-10-01
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-crawford-county-2026
• Legal basis: Crawford County Board of Commissioners six-month moratorium on data center applications (adopted 2026-01-06), extended by 5-0 motion on 2026-05-21 to 2026-10-01 (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: Conduct impact and health studies and draft ordinances
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23: 180-day moratorium adopted 2026-01-06 was extended 5-0 on 2026-05-21 to 2026-10-01 while the draft data center ordinance is revised and public hearings advertised.
• Outcome: Commissioners unanimously passed a six-month moratorium on data center applications and extended it to 2026-10-01.

Decatur County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-14
• Normalized date: 2026-04-14 (exact)
• Duration: Indefinite
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-decatur-county-2026
• Legal basis: Decatur County Board of Commissioners moratorium adopted at the April 14, 2026 regular meeting. Per the county's signed minutes: County Attorney Kirbo recommended a moratorium on the issuance of building permits, plan reviews, and preliminary actions related to motocross complexes and data centers until a committee returns with proposed rules and regulatory guidelines; Commissioner Barber's motion to implement the moratorium and form a study committee was seconded by Commissioner Anderson and unanimously approved.
• What prompted it: Proactive planning before possible future projects
• Affected projects: No recent data center approach reported by commissioners
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. No repeal, extension, or replacement of the moratorium was located in county materials or local news coverage reviewed through this date; the Board's study committee process described in the Post-Searchlight's April 14, 2026 report on the moratorium's adoption remains the most recent primary account located.
• Outcome: County to develop an approach for future projects

DeKalb County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-06-25
• Normalized date: 2025-06-25 (exact)
• Duration: Initial 100 days; extended multiple times, including June 9, 2026 (100 days, to Sept. 30, 2026) and July 7, 2026 (to March 30, 2027, per Board resolution).
• Current end date: 2027-03-30
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-dekalb-county-2025
• Legal basis: DeKalb County moratorium resolutions, including 2025-12-16 extension (originally numbered draft 2025-1694 per agenda referenced in research notes) [VERIFY exact resolution numbers — Rough Draft Atlanta and DeKalb planning portal confirm 2025-12-16 extension date and June 23, 2026 expiration but final file numbers not posted to public site as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Public health, diesel emissions, water, stormwater, noise, and ratepayer concerns
• Affected projects: PCC-DeKalb proposed Ellenwood campus, about 1,000,000 square feet on about 95 acres
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; extended multiple times, most recently by the July 7, 2026 vote setting the moratorium to run through March 30, 2027 unless further extended. Independently corroborated by decaturish.com and WABE, both reporting the moratorium's extension to early 2027, and by a Capital B Atlanta report noting the county 'can't process any new data center applications until March 30, 2027.' A developer sued the county over the moratorium in August 2026.
• Outcome: County hearing 2026-01-27 on Chapter 27 amendments to define and regulate data centers; permanent ordinance still under development

Dougherty County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-07-20
• Normalized date: 2026-07-20 (exact)
• Duration: Initial 45 days from 2026-07-20; extended up to 180 days by resolution at a special called meeting 2026-08-31, through 2027-02-27 unless ended sooner or new zoning regulations become effective.
• Current end date: 2027-02-27
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-dougherty-county-2026
• Legal basis: Dougherty County Commission vote adopting a 45-day pause on data center projects
• What prompted it: Growing statewide concern about data center development
• Affected projects: Not identified in captured news coverage
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; on 2026-08-31 the Board of Commissioners (special called meeting) extended the moratorium on new data center applications in unincorporated Dougherty County through 2027-02-27 while the Albany-Dougherty Planning Commission drafts zoning amendments. The county release reports a 6-1 vote; WALB reported every commissioner in favor.
• Outcome: 45-day moratorium adopted 2026-07-20; extended 2026-08-31 for up to 180 days (to 2027-02-27) pending Albany-Dougherty Zoning Ordinance amendments.

Douglas County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: March 18, 2025 (Resolution No. 25-116)
• Normalized date: 2025-03-18 (exact)
• Duration: Up to 90 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-douglas-county-2025
• Legal basis: Douglas County Resolution 25-116, "Resolution: Moratorium Data Center Accessory" (PDF saved at research/_originals/Douglas-County-Moratorium-25-116-Resolution-Moratorium-Data-Center-Accessory_DouglasCounty.pdf, sourced from WWALS archive)
• What prompted it: Proposal pipeline and need to update comprehensive plan and unified development code
• Affected projects: Large computer infrastructure/data processing facilities; Amazon-linked land activity reported locally [VERIFY: no primary source confirming Amazon link captured]
• Detailed status: Expired as of 2026-09-23; no extension, repeal, or replacement instrument was located. The county has instead handled subsequent data center proposals through its normal rezoning process: on July 8, 2026 the Douglas County Commission voted 4-1 to reject a rezoning request for a 4.4-million-square-foot data center project near the I-20 Liberty Road exit, following a contested public hearing, rather than reinstating any moratorium.
• Outcome: Comprehensive plan and UDC review

East Point (Fulton County)

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: Approximately January 2026 (between the Jan 5, 2026 regular meeting, where a floor motion to adopt was withdrawn in favor of routing through committee, and the Jan 20, 2026 meeting, where a resident thanked Council in public comment for 'having established a six month moratorium on data center construction'); exact vote date not found. City Council extended the moratorium by three months on 2026-06-15.
• Normalized date: 2026-01 (month_only)
• Duration: Extended three months (approximately 90 days) by voice vote
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-east-point-fulton-county-undated
• Legal basis: City Council voice-vote extension of an existing data center moratorium
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Extended by three months as of 2026-06-15; resulting calendar expiration date and final signed ordinance were not located. Original adoption narrowed to January 2026 from City Council meeting video transcripts (Jan 5, Jan 12, Jan 20, 2026), but the exact vote date and ordinance/resolution number remain unconfirmed. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only/video-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: City Council extended its existing data center moratorium for three months and directed staff to report back during that period; council considered six months but the city attorney recommended no more than three additional months

Fayetteville

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-01-29
• Normalized date: 2026-01-29 (exact)
• Duration: 90 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-fayetteville-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 26-R-07 (90-day moratorium on annexation, rezoning, variance, and conceptual site plans for data centers; adopted unanimously per 2026-01-29 work session minutes)
• What prompted it: Applications for annexation, rezoning, variances, and conceptual site plans for data centers
• Affected projects: Crow Holdings Development / CHI Acquisitions, LP data center proposal north of Fayette Pavilion along Highway 85 N — denied at 2026-01-27 P&Z meeting; appeal filed to City Council and withdrawn 2026-03-18
• Detailed status: Replaced by permanent ordinance on or before 2026-03-05
• Outcome: Ordinance 26-O-12 amending UDO chapters 200 and 400 prohibits new data centers in every Fayetteville zoning district as of 2026-03-05 (per City of Fayetteville Data Center FAQs)

Floyd County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-06-09
• Normalized date: 2026-06-09 (exact)
• Duration: 80 days
• Current end date: 2026-08-28
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-floyd-county-2026
• Legal basis: County Commission vote approving an 80-day moratorium on data center projects
• What prompted it: Allow work on an ordinance and a process requiring a public hearing for each future data center proposal
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Replaced 2026-08-25; after a public hearing, the Floyd County Commission adopted a comprehensive data center ordinance (data centers permitted only in Heavy Industrial; utility-capacity studies, water limits, 600-ft residence setback, 65/55 dB(A) noise limits, decommissioning plans), ending the 80-day moratorium adopted 2026-06-09. Signed moratorium resolution number still not located. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: 80-day moratorium (2026-06-09) replaced by a permanent data center zoning ordinance adopted 2026-08-25 for unincorporated Floyd County (does not govern the City of Rome).

Forest Park

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-31, Forest Park City Council special called meeting (Monday)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-31 (exact)
• Duration: 90 days (to about 2026-11-29)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-forest-park-2026
• Legal basis: Forest Park City Council 90-day data center moratorium (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: Time to draft zoning changes; Digital Realty campus at former Fort Gillem already approved in the city
• Affected projects: Existing Digital Realty Fort Gillem campus (approved 2025) not affected as far as reported
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 90-day moratorium adopted 2026-08-31 while the city drafts zoning changes. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Council adopted a 90-day moratorium at a special called meeting.

Franklin County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-06, Franklin County Board of Commissioners, unanimous (Commissioner Pulliam and Chair Long absent), following a June 30 work session
• Normalized date: 2026-07-06 (exact)
• Duration: Until 2026-12-08 (shortened from a proposed six months on counsel's advice)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-franklin-county-2026
• Legal basis: Franklin County Board of Commissioners moratorium on data centers (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: No county regulations for data centers; commissioners concerned about farmland; county attorney recommended a temporary moratorium while permanent regulations are drafted
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; moratorium adopted 2026-07-06 runs until 2026-12-08. [VERIFY instrument number not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Board unanimously adopted a data center moratorium through 2026-12-08 while considering a permanent ordinance (one commissioner drafted an outright ban).

Garden City (Chatham County)

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-15
• Normalized date: 2026-06-15 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months, effective immediately
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: ga-garden-city-chatham-county-2026
• Legal basis: Adopted resolution establishing an immediate six-month moratorium on new applications and permits for establishing, constructing, or expanding data centers, including artificial intelligence processing and digital asset mining
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-06-15; ends after six months or earlier if the city adopts zoning amendments
• Outcome: Mayor and four council members present unanimously adopted an immediate six-month data center moratorium

Gordon County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-03 (Gordon County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to place a moratorium on construction of data centers while updating the ULDC); extended through 2027-01-29 by resolution at the 2026-07-07 regular meeting
• Normalized date: 2026-02-03 (exact)
• Duration: Extended through 2027-01-29
• Current end date: 2027-01-29
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-gordon-county-undated
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners motion adopting a data center moratorium on 2026-02-03; extended by resolution adopted at the 2026-07-07 regular meeting (agenda item 11: 'resolution extending a temporary moratorium relating to Data Centers'), alongside a separate anaerobic digestion facilities moratorium extension. Resolution numbers not published.
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; moratorium on data center applications extended through 2027-01-29 at the 2026-07-07 meeting while staff and attorneys draft ULDC rules; the county plans at least one town hall before any ordinance vote.
• Outcome: Board of Commissioners extended its temporary moratoria on data centers (and anaerobic digestion facilities) through 2027-01-29

Griffin

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-01-13
• Normalized date: 2026-01-13 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: ga-griffin-2026
• Legal basis: Griffin City Commission resolution on technological facilities (data centers and crypto mining), 2026-01-13 [VERIFY: news reporting confirms vote and 180-day duration; primary resolution number not located on city website as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Unified development code did not specifically allow technological facilities, including data centers and crypto mining
• Affected projects: No confirmed in-city project at vote
• Detailed status: Replaced, as of 2026-09-23. On May 26, 2026 the Griffin Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve amendments to the Unified Development Code (UDC) establishing special-use-permit regulation of data centers in Planned Industrial Districts (PID), confirmed directly by the Griffin Daily News. Minor facilities (up to 10,000 sq ft) and major facilities (10,001-275,000 sq ft) are allowed with setback (1,000/1,500 ft from residences), buffer, noise, Tier 4F generator, decommissioning-bond, and development-agreement conditions; hyperscale/campus data centers are prohibited. This permanent ordinance superseded the Jan. 13, 2026 moratorium ahead of its scheduled July 12, 2026 expiration. No further amendment or repeal located as of 2026-09-23.
• Outcome: Permanent UDC amendment adopted May 26, 2026 regulating data centers by special use permit in Planned Industrial Districts; prohibits hyperscale/campus facilities.

Hall County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-26
• Normalized date: 2026-02-26 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days from 2026-02-26; extended another 180 days by 5-0 vote on 2026-08-27, running until 2027-02-23.
• Current end date: 2027-02-23
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-hall-county-2026
• Legal basis: Hall County Board of Commissioners moratorium on detention centers, high-density developments, and data centers, voted 2026-02-26 (per WSB-TV reporting and GPB Georgia Today 2026-02-27); resolution number not posted on Hall County website as of 2026-04-29 [VERIFY resolution number]
• What prompted it: Infrastructure, sewer, environmental, and development-code concerns after federal detention-facility activity
• Affected projects: Data centers on certain high-density residential, planned development, or special-use properties
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23. On 2026-08-27 the Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to extend the data center and detention center moratorium another 180 days (to 2027-02-23). On 2026-09-10 the Board approved the Unified Development Code update including a new data center ordinance (Article 7; minor/medium/major/campus size classes and crypto-mining facilities), but the county stated the moratorium remains in effect until 2027-02-23.
• Outcome: Moratorium extended 2026-08-27 to 2027-02-23; data center ordinance adopted within the UDC update on 2026-09-10 while the moratorium stays in place.

Hart County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-26
• Normalized date: 2026-05-26 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-hart-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners vote (5-0) imposing a 180-day moratorium on construction of data centers
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-05-26; a standalone signed resolution was not located, only the board motion recorded in minutes
• Outcome: Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to impose a 180-day moratorium on data center construction

Heard County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: March 17, 2026
• Normalized date: 2026-03-17 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-heard-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners Resolution
• What prompted it: County began receiving inquiries/applications for data center projects; citizens raised concerns
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Expired 2026-09-12 per its own 180-day term; no extension, replacement, or permanent ordinance was found in a search for post-expiry action, but this could not be fully confirmed. [VERIFY instrument number not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Moratorium barred rezoning petitions, special-use/variance applications and hearings for data center uses; did not affect submittals already under review or issued permits

Hogansville

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: Existing city moratorium on data center applications (original adoption date not confirmed; Ledger-Enquirer table lists 2026-02); extended 90 days on 2026-05-04, 30 days on 2026-07-20, and to 2026-09-08 on 2026-08-17
• Normalized date: 2026-02 (unverified)
• Duration: Series of short extensions: 90 days (May 4), 30 days from Aug 2 (July 20), to the Sept 8, 2026 council meeting (Aug 17)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-hogansville-2026
• Legal basis: City Council moratorium on data center applications, extended by council votes 2026-05-04, 2026-07-20 and 2026-08-17 (5-0)
• What prompted it: UDO amendment creating a Heavy Industrial district and data center standards under revision; proposed Hightower Road data center
• Affected projects: Proposed Hightower Road data center
• Detailed status: Extended on 2026-08-17 (5-0) to the 2026-09-08 council meeting after the council denied (4-1) the proposed data center UDO amendment; council said it would draft a resolution extending the moratorium further. Action at the Sept 8 meeting was not found as of 2026-09-23. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Council repeatedly extended its data center application moratorium while revising the UDO; denied the draft ordinance 2026-08-17.

Jones County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-09-16 zoning amendments (subsequently rescinded after notice defects). The county's own account (reported by The Jones County News, a local outlet, citing county officials) states commissioners 'initially approved a moratorium on data centers in October of 2025' to allow further research before adopting permanent zoning language; that moratorium/work-session period concluded with the unanimous adoption of a permanent M-2 Data Center text amendment at a called meeting on January 16, 2026.
• Normalized date: 2025-09-16 (unverified)
• Duration: The October 2025 moratorium/work-session period ran until the Board adopted a permanent text amendment (rather than a further dated moratorium) at a called meeting on January 16, 2026, unanimously (5-0).
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: ga-jones-county-2025
• Legal basis: Jones County M-2 Data Center Ordinance (comprehensive land use plan / land use amendment adding data centers as a conditional use in M-2 industrial zoning), adopted unanimously (5-0) at a called Board of Commissioners meeting on January 16, 2026, replacing the rescinded September 2025 zoning amendments and the intervening October 2025 moratorium.
• What prompted it: Legal notice defects under Georgia zoning procedure law and project-pressure concerns
• Affected projects: Developer withdrew 600-plus-acre rezoning proposal after public opposition
• Detailed status: Replaced, as of 2026-09-23. The January 16, 2026 M-2 Data Center Ordinance (conditional use in M-2 industrial zoning, with 200-foot setbacks, 400-foot setbacks for noise-generating buildings, up to 200-foot buffers, 55/45 dB noise limits, and closed-loop cooling requirements) remains in force but is under active legal challenge: 17 Jones County residents filed a declaratory-judgment lawsuit in February 2026 seeking to void the ordinance on due-process and Georgia Zoning Procedures Law grounds; the county filed a motion to dismiss in March 2026, and as of a Jones County Development Authority meeting reported by The Jones County News, the judge had not yet set a hearing on that motion, with the attorney estimating a 2027 timeline. The litigation has effectively frozen marketing of the underlying Griswoldville Industrial Park site.
• Outcome: Reset to re-adopt defensible zoning controls

Kingsland (Camden County)

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-11
• Normalized date: 2026-05-11 (exact)
• Duration: 365 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-kingsland-camden-county-2026
• Legal basis: City Council 'Data Center Ordinance Rescission and Moratorium Ordinance' (approved 2026-05-11, passed as amended, unanimous), rescinding Ordinance No. 2026-03 and adopting a temporary moratorium on accepting and processing data center applications; the staff draft's 90-day term was amended to 365 days on motion of Councilman Blount
• What prompted it: Support additional outreach, public input, legal review, and development of a comprehensive ordinance
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the 365-day moratorium runs through 2027-05-11. Independently corroborated by the Tribune & Georgian (St. Marys, Georgia), a local newspaper, which reported on May 15, 2026 that the Kingsland City Council 'voted unanimously' on Monday (May 11, 2026) to pause data centers for one year, following advocacy from One Hundred Miles' South Coast Advocate at that meeting. A separate, earlier draft resolution located on the city's own document center (temporarily suspending the original Ordinance No. 2026-03 for 90 days pending further public input) corresponds to the previously noted 'superseded 90-day draft ordinance' and predates the formal 365-day moratorium vote. No repeal, extension, or replacement of the 365-day moratorium was located as of 2026-09-23.
• Outcome: City Council repealed Ordinance 2026-03 and adopted a 365-day moratorium on data center applications

LaGrange

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-09-23
• Normalized date: 2025-09-23 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-lagrange-2025
• Legal basis: LaGrange City Council 180-day moratorium resolution, adopted 2025-09-23. After the moratorium expired, and following months of council debate over a more restrictive draft ordinance, the Council voted 3-2 on April 18, 2026 to introduce and approve a substitute ordinance requiring a special-use permit (SUP) for all data centers (regardless of size) in industrial zoning, rather than adopting the more prescriptive size-based zoning restrictions originally proposed.
• What prompted it: Need to review zoning, noise, and property-impact rules
• Affected projects: Existing Pegasus Parkway project excluded
• Detailed status: Replaced, as of 2026-09-23. The 180-day moratorium expired about 2026-03-22. On April 18, 2026 the City Council voted 3-2 to adopt a substitute ordinance requiring a special-use permit for all data centers in industrial zoning (rather than the previously drafted blanket setback/buffer rules), which the Council and city attorney described as allowing case-by-case conditions on noise, buffers, and distance. That process is being actively used: on September 9, 2026 the Council unanimously denied a special-use permit for a proposed second data center (Farpoint's Lafayette Logistics Center, off Old Hutchinson Mill Road) after a contested public hearing.
• Outcome: Staff-directed code review

Lamar County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-09-16 (Resolution 2025-18, Moratorium on Commercial and Manufacturing Development), per Lamar County Board of Commissioners regular business meeting minutes.
• Normalized date: 2025-09-16 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days (Resolution 2025-18), with an internal staff goal of completing the underlying code rewrite within 90 days; subsequently extended as to data centers specifically by Resolution 26-03 (on or about 2026-03-17).
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-lamar-county-2025
• Legal basis: Lamar County Resolution 2025-18, 'Moratorium on Commercial and Manufacturing Development,' adopted September 16, 2025; extended as to data centers by Resolution 26-03, adopted on or about March 17, 2026.
• What prompted it: Industrial and commercial zoning needed updating; county learned AWS bought about 985 acres for about $270 million
• Affected projects: AWS-linked 985-acre development site
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-07-31. Resolution 26-03 (on or about 2026-03-17) extended the moratorium as it applies to data centers; the exact new sunset date is not stated in the posted meeting summary and needs a follow-up read of the full resolution text. No repeal or replacement found in county minutes through mid-2026.
• Outcome: Code modernization including data-center treatment

Lee County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: Approximately January 2026 (inferred: a May 27, 2026 WALB report describes 'the current freeze' as 'set to expire in July,' consistent with a six-month term run from around January 2026, the pattern also seen in neighboring southwest Georgia counties in this period); exact vote date not found. Resolution adopted 2026-06-09 extends the moratorium from 2026-07-30 through 2026-12-31.
• Normalized date: 2026-01 (month_only)
• Duration: Extended through 2026-12-31
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-lee-county-undated
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners resolution extending the data center moratorium in unincorporated Lee County while staff studies and drafts an ordinance
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; extended through 2026-12-31 (resolution adopted 2026-06-09); county staff reported no data center applications or inquiries. The City of Leesburg separately tabled its draft data center ordinance for 180 days on 2026-09-01, keeping the city's own moratorium in place.
• Outcome: Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution extending the moratorium from July 30 through December 31, 2026

Lowndes County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-25, Lowndes County Board of Commissioners regular session (Tuesday)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-25 (exact)
• Duration: 60 days (to about 2026-10-24)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-lowndes-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners moratorium on accepting applications for data center permits in unincorporated Lowndes County (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: County drafting a comprehensive data center ordinance; organized resident opposition (Lowndes Citizens Against Data Centers)
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 60-day moratorium adopted 2026-08-25 on data center permit applications in unincorporated Lowndes County, running to about 2026-10-24 while the county drafts an ordinance.
• Outcome: Commissioners approved a 60-day moratorium on data center permit applications pending a comprehensive ordinance.

Madison County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-08-03 -- Board of Commissioners approved a 30-day moratorium on the establishment of data centers (Main Street News, published 2026-08-04, byline Anna Izquierdo); superseded at the Aug. 31, 2026 meeting by a further moratorium running through 2027-02-22.
• Normalized date: 2026-08-03 (exact)
• Duration: 30 days from 2026-08-03; superseded by a further moratorium adopted 2026-08-31 running through 2027-02-22 (about 175 days) per Main Street News, though a Sept. 1 radio report described the Sept. 1 vote as extending it 'for another 180 days' -- the two accounts do not reconcile exactly.
• Current end date: 2027-02-22
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-madison-county-2026
• Legal basis: Madison County Board of Commissioners moratorium actions (30-day moratorium, early August 2026; extended/readopted 2026-08-31); instrument numbers not published
• What prompted it: County needs time to amend development codes, subdivision regulations or zoning for data centers; statewide concern
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; after a 30-day moratorium in early August, the Board adopted a further moratorium on new data centers at its 2026-08-31 meeting, reported as a 180-day extension (to about late February 2027).
• Outcome: Commissioners adopted a 30-day data center moratorium and then extended it about 180 days on 2026-08-31.

Marietta

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: On or about 2026-07-08 (reported in a 2026-07-11 article); exact council meeting date not independently confirmed
• Normalized date: 2026-07 (month_only)
• Duration: 6 months, through December 31, 2026
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-marietta-2026
• Legal basis: Marietta City Council resolution/ordinance adopting a 6-month moratorium on new data centers
• What prompted it: Concurrent consideration of a data center proposal near Delk Road and a recently approved center on Bells Ferry Road
• Affected projects: Powers Ferry Place data center proposal and a previously approved data center on Bells Ferry Road are both explicitly excluded from the moratorium
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; set to expire Dec. 31, 2026. Confirmed via eastcobbnews.com's Aug. 12, 2026 reporting on the Marietta City Council's 5-2 vote (also Aug. 12, 2026) to approve a data center at 1155 Powers Ferry Place, which explicitly notes that vote occurred despite -- and is excluded from -- the six-month data center moratorium the council passed the prior month. No repeal, extension, or replacement of the moratorium itself was located as of 2026-09-23. [VERIFY instrument number: no numbered resolution/ordinance identifier for the moratorium was located in city materials or news coverage reviewed]
• Outcome: City council unanimously voted to pass a six-month moratorium on new data centers through December 31, 2026

Maysville

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Maysville City Council special meeting in July 2026 (reported 2026-07-20)
• Normalized date: 2026-07 (month_only)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-maysville-2026
• Legal basis: Maysville City Council 180-day moratorium on data center requests (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: Update the city's land use code
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 180-day moratorium adopted July 2026 while the city updates its land use code. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: City Council approved a 180-day moratorium on data center requests.

Meriwether County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-24, Meriwether County Commission, unanimous; extended 2026-07-28 (unanimous)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-24 (exact)
• Duration: Original term to 2026-08-23; extended 90 days on 2026-07-28 through 2026-11-21
• Current end date: 2026-11-21
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-meriwether-county-2026
• Legal basis: Meriwether County Board of Commissioners moratorium on data center applications in unincorporated areas, extended by action of 2026-07-28 (instrument numbers not published)
• What prompted it: Determine whether water supply, power distribution and fire protection can support data centers; draft ordinance
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; moratorium adopted 2026-02-24 and extended 2026-07-28 through 2026-11-21 while staff complete a data center ordinance.
• Outcome: Commission adopted a moratorium on new data center applications and extended it to 2026-11-21 pending an ordinance.

Milton (Fulton County)

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-06-15
• Normalized date: 2026-06-15 (exact)
• Duration: Initial 30-day moratorium enacted 2026-06-15; bridged by a short housekeeping extension on 2026-07-06; extended for up to 180 days via Agenda Item 26-208 on 2026-07-20, expected to run through January 2027 unless council lifts it sooner
• Current end date: 2027-01-16
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-milton-fulton-county-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution enacting a 30-day pause on data center applications and permits, subsequently extended
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; the 180-day moratorium resolution adopted unanimously 2026-07-20 after a public hearing runs to about 2027-01-16 unless lifted sooner.
• Outcome: City Council unanimously enacted a 30-day moratorium June 15, bridged it with a short extension July 6, and extended it for up to 180 days on July 20

Monroe County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: Originally adopted by majority vote at 2025-12-02 regular meeting; documented by resolution adopted 4-1 on 2025-12-16 (Commissioner Davis opposed)
• Normalized date: 2025-12-02 (exact)
• Duration: Ran from the December 2025 adoption through the Board's consideration of a permanent Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) amendment; the amendment was tabled at the March 3, 2026 meeting for further revision and ultimately adopted at the April 7, 2026 meeting.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-monroe-county-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution on Data Center Moratorium prepared by Brandon Bowen of Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C., approved 4-1 on 2025-12-16, superseded by a permanent ordinance amending the Monroe County Unified Development Ordinance (restricting data centers to Special Use in M-1 zoning; adding setback, buffer, generator, lighting, sound, and utility standards), posted by the county as agenda item '04-07-26 C. Data Center Ordinance Amendment' and, per a county Facebook post, unanimously approved by the Board of Commissioners on April 7, 2026.
• What prompted it: Community backlash to hyperscale proposals (Forsyth Technology Campus) and prior approvals
• Affected projects: A ~950-acre rezoning off Rumble Road for a data center was approved in November 2024, and Google purchased the property for $42 million in September 2025 for a potential development; because that project had not yet been constructed, county officials stated the new April 7, 2026 UDO standards would apply to it as well as to future projects. The Forsyth Technology Campus concept (now annexed into the City of Forsyth) is a separate matter reported in the same period.
• Detailed status: Replaced, as of 2026-09-23. After the March 3, 2026 meeting tabled the proposed amendment for revision (adding a larger 500-foot buffer with 100 feet of natural growth, a well-water ban, and Tier 4 generator requirements), the Monroe County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the revised Unified Development Ordinance amendment on April 7, 2026, restricting data centers to Special Use in M-1 zoning countywide with detailed setback, buffer, noise, lighting, and utility standards. No further extension, repeal, or replacement of that ordinance was located as of 2026-09-23.
• Outcome: County working on UDO amendments addressing data centers (noise, water, buffers, etc.) per Chairman Gibbs comments at 2025-12-16 meeting

Newton County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-17
• Normalized date: 2026-02-17 (exact)
• Duration: Initial emergency moratorium to 2026-03-18; revised to 2026-04-08; extended to 2026-10-07
• Current end date: 2026-10-07
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-newton-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution R-040726b
• What prompted it: Increased interest in data center siting and inadequate existing ordinances
• Affected projects: Applications for rezonings, special-use permits, conditional-use permits, development permits, site plans, building permits, and land-disturbing approvals for data centers
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Resolution R-040726b (adopted 2026-04-07) bars data center applications until 2026-10-07. No further extension or adopted data center ordinance was found as of this pass.
• Outcome: County study and ordinance drafting

Oglethorpe County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: Oglethorpe County Board of Commissioners, unanimous vote at a Monday meeting reported 2026-07-09 (2026-07-06)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-06 (unverified)
• Duration: 90 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: ga-oglethorpe-county-2026
• Legal basis: Oglethorpe County Board of Commissioners 90-day moratorium on data center applications (added to agenda on motion of Commissioner Tracy Norman); replaced by a data center ordinance adopted in September 2026
• What prompted it: Draft an ordinance restricting noise, water use and proximity to homes; bitcoin mining also discussed
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Replaced September 2026; the Board unanimously approved a restrictive data center ordinance at a Monday meeting reported 2026-09-16 (2026-09-14), succeeding the 90-day moratorium adopted in July.
• Outcome: 90-day moratorium (July 2026) replaced by a restrictive data center ordinance (September 2026).

Paulding County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-28
• Normalized date: 2026-07-28 (exact)
• Duration: Until January 1, 2027
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-paulding-county-2026
• Legal basis: Paulding County Board of Commissioners resolution suspending new data center applications, zoning requests, and civil plan reviews
• What prompted it: County wants to update development codes and evaluate safety guidelines before further data-center approvals
• Affected projects: Not identified in captured news coverage
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Confirmed via Spectrum News (Aug. 3, 2026): commissioners unanimously approved the moratorium through Jan. 1, 2027, and it does not affect applications already submitted before the vote. No extension, repeal, or replacement located as of 2026-09-23.
• Outcome: Commissioners unanimously approved a moratorium in effect until January 1, 2027, suspending new data center applications, zoning requests, and civil plan reviews

Pike County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-09 [VERIFY exact date — GPB 2025-10-22 quotes Pike County Commissioner James Jenkins on the September 2025 motion but does not give an exact date]
• Normalized date: 2025-09 (unverified)
• Duration: The September 2025 Board action was an informal supportive motion, not a fixed-term moratorium instrument; it was superseded by a permanent Unified Development Code text amendment adding data center regulations and requirements, which received a first reading and, per the Board's signed minutes, a second reading approved 5-0 at the Dec. 10, 2025 regular meeting.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-pike-county-2025
• Legal basis: Pike County Unified Development Code, Article 14 (M-1 Manufacturing-Light), Sec. 1403.A.5 and related sections, adding minimum lot area, buffer, noise, decommissioning bond, fire-suppression, and emergency-response-plan standards specific to data centers. Adopted via a text amendment given second reading and approved 5-0 by the Board of Commissioners on Dec. 10, 2025, per the Board's signed minutes (Minute Book 44).
• What prompted it: County sought better understanding of how to accommodate data centers
• Affected projects: Not publicly quantified in captured records
• Detailed status: Replaced. As of 2026-09-23, Pike County's Unified Development Code (Article 14, M-1 Manufacturing-Light) contains detailed permanent data center standards (minimum 10-acre lot, 50-foot buffer, 65 dB sound limit, decommissioning bond, Emergency Response Plan requirements), adopted via a text amendment approved on second reading by a 5-0 Board of Commissioners vote on Dec. 10, 2025. No separate, dated moratorium resolution predating that action was located; a June 2026 county newsletter item confirms commissioners reiterated that no data center project is currently proposed, under review, or being negotiated in the county.
• Outcome: Code review reported

Polk County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-03-03
• Normalized date: 2026-03-03 (exact)
• Duration: 60 days from March 3, 2026; extended to June 2, 2026 (April 28, 2026 vote, 3-2 with abstentions); replaced by permanent zoning text amendment TA26-02, adopted unanimously June 2, 2026.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-polk-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners action item 2 of 2026-03-03 Regular Meeting: "Consider an Ordinance Amendment to add 'Chapter 33 – Data Centers' to the official County Code of Ordinances regulating any future data centers. Approved with the addition of a 60-day moratorium on all data centers in order to better strengthen our zoning ordinance to address this type of development. [Vote: unanimous]" (per Polk County Board Actions PDF, primary source). The ordinance amendment number is not stated in the action summary
• What prompted it: County wanted to strengthen its zoning ordinance while regulating future data centers
• Affected projects: Future data centers countywide
• Detailed status: Replaced. At its April 28, 2026 meeting, the Board of Commissioners tabled text amendment TA26-01 (Zoning Code Sections 708.15 C-N, 708.24 I-1, 708.25 I-2) and extended the moratorium to June 2, 2026 (vote: 3 in favor, 2 abstained). At its June 2, 2026 meeting, the Board approved the renumbered text amendment TA26-02 unanimously, adopting permanent zoning provisions for the C-N and I-2 districts and superseding the moratorium.
• Outcome: New data center chapter plus additional zoning work

Putnam County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-07 adoption vote (3-1, Hersey opposed, Wooten absent) per the county's own CivicAlert and the Eatonton Messenger; the amended three-month moratorium took effect 2026-08-18
• Normalized date: 2026-08-07 (unverified)
• Duration: Three months from 2026-08-18 (to about 2026-11-18)
• Current end date: 2026-11-18
• Sectors: data center, battery storage, solar
• Moratorium ID: ga-putnam-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners moratorium on new data centers, battery energy storage facilities and solar farms (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: Need to study and adopt regulations for data centers, solar and battery storage; public concern for Lake Sinclair and water resources
• Affected projects: None named; two existing large solar fields unaffected
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; three-month moratorium on new data centers, battery storage and solar farms effective 2026-08-18, running to about 2026-11-18; town halls planned with a possible October vote on permanent regulations. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Commissioners adopted a three-month moratorium on data centers, BESS and solar farms while revising the county's draft ordinance.

Rockdale County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-13 (Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 2026-01, a moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems); extended 2026-05-12 to 2026-09-08; extended again 2026-08-25 to 2026-10-01 by Resolution R-2026-24
• Normalized date: 2026-01-13 (exact)
• Duration: Resolution 2026-01 (2026-01-13); extended 2026-05-12 through 2026-09-08; amended by R-2026-24 (2026-08-25) to run through 2026-10-01, the intended effective date of the new Unified Development Ordinance.
• Current end date: 2026-10-01
• Sectors: data center, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: ga-rockdale-county-undated
• Legal basis: Rockdale County Resolution No. 2026-01 (moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems), extended 2026-05-12 and amended by Resolution No. R-2026-24 (adopted 2026-08-25), which exempts the previously approved Treaty Oaks BESS project (FLUM 2025-07 / REZ-2025-13).
• What prompted it: Allow more time for public input and ordinance revisions
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23; Resolution R-2026-24, adopted 2026-08-25, extends the moratorium on data center and battery energy storage system applications through 2026-10-01 (intended UDO effective date). The UDO second reading was deferred from Sept 8 to Sept 22; its outcome was not yet reported.
• Outcome: County extended its data center moratorium through 2026-09-08 and held a public town hall the same evening

Roswell

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2026-01-12
• Normalized date: 2026-01-12 (exact)
• Duration: 90 days initially (through 2026-04-12); extended 95 days on 2026-03-23 (through 2026-06-26); extended again 90 days on 2026-06-22 (through 2026-09-20).
• Current end date: 2026-09-20
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-roswell-2026
• Legal basis: Temporary emergency moratorium adopted unanimously by Roswell Mayor and City Council on 2026-01-12 (per WABE and Atlanta News First reporting) [VERIFY ordinance number — Roswell municipal website returns no relevant search result for "moratorium" as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: New council concerns about land-use fit, utility demand, environmental effects, and Chattahoochee watershed impacts
• Affected projects: No specific named in-city project identified
• Detailed status: Expired 2026-09-20; the second extension lapsed with no further extension. Roswell Ledger (2026-09-02) reported the moratorium 'expires Sept. 20 with no extension announced', and the city's Sept. 14, 2026 Mayor and Council agenda and official recap (the last regular meeting before expiry) contain no data center moratorium item; the next meetings were a Sept. 21 millage hearing and Sept. 28 regular meeting. No data center UDC standards had been adopted as of these sources.
• Outcome: Moratorium adopted 2026-01-12 and extended twice; allowed to expire 2026-09-20 without replacement rules being reported.

Savannah

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-27, Savannah City Council vote (Thursday meeting) adopting a temporary moratorium ordinance
• Normalized date: 2026-08-27 (exact)
• Duration: 155 days from adoption (to about 2027-01-29)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-savannah-2026
• Legal basis: City Council ordinance imposing a 155-day temporary moratorium on data centers of 10 MW or greater and on conversion of industrial buildings of 200,000 sq ft or more to data center use (ordinance number not published in sources reviewed)
• What prompted it: OpenAI's announced 3.2 GW 'Project Camellia' campus in neighboring Effingham County and growing interest from data center companies; need to study noise, water, neighborhood and grid impacts
• Affected projects: None in city limits; prompted by OpenAI's Effingham County project
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 155-day moratorium adopted 2026-08-27 on large-scale (10 MW+) data centers and warehouse conversions, running to about 2027-01-29 while the city drafts permanent rules.
• Outcome: City Council adopted a 155-day moratorium on large-scale data center development and conversions within city limits.

Social Circle

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-09 [VERIFY exact date — Covington News reporting (URL no longer accessible 2026-04-29) referenced 90-day initial moratorium; primary council minutes not retrieved in this pass]
• Normalized date: 2025-09 (unverified)
• Duration: Initial 90 days; extended an additional 90 days, then replaced by permanent ordinance
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-social-circle-2025
• Legal basis: Social Circle City Council moratorium action (original term and one extension); superseded by Ordinance No. 2026-ORD-2, amending Section 3.4.6 of the City of Social Circle's Uniform Development Code (originally adopted as Ordinance 2023-3 on June 20, 2023) to add detailed data-center-specific standards (50-acre minimum site, perimeter fencing, 1,000-foot residential setback, 500-foot buffer, infrastructure/utility impact studies, and 60/50 dB noise limits). Adopted by the Mayor and Council at a regular called meeting on January 20, 2026, effective the same day.
• What prompted it: Surge of annexation, rezoning, and special-use permit requests
• Affected projects: Multiple Fairplay/Cannon Drive and other proposals reported in regional news [VERIFY against primary council records]
• Detailed status: Replaced
• Outcome: New rules require special-use permits even in industrial zones, with lot-size, screening, impact-study, emergency-plan, and noise standards, codified as Ordinance No. 2026-ORD-2 amending Section 3.4.6 of the Uniform Development Code, adopted January 20, 2026.

South Fulton

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-12-09 (City Council instituted a six-month moratorium, Resolution RES2025-094); extended to 2026-09-09 by Resolution RES2026-043 adopted 2026-05-12
• Normalized date: 2025-12-09 (exact)
• Duration: Extended through 2026-09-09 via Resolution RES2026-043
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-south-fulton-undated
• Legal basis: Resolution RES2025-094 (adopted 2025-12-09) instituting a six-month moratorium on applications for new data centers or other large-scale data storage; extended to 2026-09-09 by Resolution RES2026-043, adopted 2026-05-12 by unanimous consent.
• What prompted it: Continued development of city standards for data centers and large-scale data storage
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Replaced as of 2026-09-23. Before the RES2026-043 term (through 2026-09-09) ran out, the City Council took up Ordinance ORD2026-024, 'An Ordinance to Repeal and Replace the City's Data Center Regulations,' on its Aug. 11, 2026 agenda (posted Aug. 17, 2026); Council for Quality Growth's Aug. 17, 2026 post titled 'South Fulton Approves Data Center Ordinance' corroborates adoption. The permanent ordinance establishes zoning, permitting and performance standards (20-acre minimum lot, height/buffer/landscape-strip standards, M-1/M-2-only siting) superseding the interim moratorium; as of a Sept. 7, 2026 code check the Municode codification still showed the prior Sec. 302.48 text pending an update, consistent with adoption preceding formal codification.
• Outcome: City Council adopted Resolution RES2026-043 by unanimous consent, extending the data center moratorium through 2026-09-09

Stephens County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: Adopted April 14, 2026 by unanimous Board of Commissioners vote (Resolution for a moratorium barring the acceptance of land use applications for data centers; per the county's signed April 14, 2026 meeting minutes, approved April 28, 2026). Extended through 2026-10-14 by a unanimous vote at the May 26, 2026 meeting (moved the expiration from July 14, 2026 to Oct. 14, 2026).
• Normalized date: 2026-04-14 (exact)
• Duration: Extended through 2026-10-14
• Current end date: 2026-10-14
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-stephens-county-undated
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners vote extending the moratorium barring acceptance of land-use applications for data centers
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; extended through 2026-10-14 by unanimous vote at the May 26, 2026 meeting. A Called Work Session on the proposed data center ordinance was held June 2, 2026; no adopted final ordinance, repeal, or further extension was located in county materials or local reporting reviewed through 2026-09-23. The county has not received any applications for data centers. The Oct. 14, 2026 expiration has not yet passed as of this review.
• Outcome: Board of Commissioners unanimously extended the moratorium barring data center land-use applications through 2026-10-14

Terrell County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Terrell County Board of Commissioners, unanimous vote on a Tuesday meeting reported 2026-07-09 (likely 2026-07-07)
• Normalized date: 2026-07 (month_only)
• Duration: Six months, with option to extend
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-terrell-county-2026
• Legal basis: Terrell County Board of Commissioners six-month moratorium on new data centers (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: Develop zoning regulations before any proposal; neighboring Lee County's moratorium cited
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; six-month moratorium adopted in early July 2026 (to about January 2027) while the Planning and Zoning Board drafts regulations. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Commissioners unanimously adopted a six-month moratorium on new data centers.

Thomas County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-20
• Normalized date: 2026-01-20 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-thomas-county-2026
• Legal basis: Thomas County Board of Commissioners special-called meeting, January 20, 2026: Commissioner Baggett moved that a 12-month moratorium on the permitting of data centers and related information technology facilities be instituted to prepare amendments to the Thomas County Code of Ordinances; Commissioner Brown seconded, and the motion was approved unanimously 8-0 (Chairman NeSmith and Commissioners Baggett, Brown, Grady, Hickey, Gross, Vonier, and Rich voting aye). No separate numbered resolution was issued; the moratorium is recorded directly in the signed meeting minutes, which state the Board reserves the right to extend it prior to expiration by resolution or other official action.
• What prompted it: Proactive planning; lack of information on electricity, jobs, community effects, and resident utility-bill exposure
• Affected projects: No data center plans in county at time of vote
• Detailed status: Active through 2027-01-20
• Outcome: County collecting information, community input, and possible regulations

Toccoa

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-27, Toccoa City Commission, unanimous (Monday meeting)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-27 (exact)
• Duration: Until 2027-01-11 (about 168 days)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-toccoa-2026
• Legal basis: Toccoa City Commission data center ordinance moratorium (instrument number not published)
• What prompted it: Time to research and draft a data center ordinance (size, lighting, traffic, noise, water)
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; moratorium adopted 2026-07-27 runs until 2027-01-11.
• Outcome: City Commission unanimously adopted a data center moratorium until 2027-01-11.

Troup County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-09-16
• Normalized date: 2025-09-16 (exact)
• Duration: 90 days from 2025-09-16, extended 90 days on 2025-12-02 (to 2026-03-16), and extended a further 90 days on 2026-02-17 (to 2026-06-14), per the county's official public notice.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-troup-county-2025
• Legal basis: Troup County 90-day moratorium with public notice for extension (per Ledger-Enquirer reporting cited in GPB 2025-10-22)
• What prompted it: Project West and broader power, water, and land-use concerns
• Affected projects: Project West, reported about $9.7 billion, 513 acres, and nearly 600 MW [VERIFY against developer filings — figures appear in news but not in primary documents captured]
• Detailed status: Replaced, as of 2026-09-23. The Troup County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the final data center zoning ordinance and lifted the moratorium at a regular meeting, per direct LaGrange Daily News coverage of the vote (County Attorney Mark DeGennaro noted at that meeting that the moratorium was still in force, through June 12, 2026, at the time of the vote). The adopted ordinance restricts all data centers to industrial zoning via special-use permit, requires closed-loop cooling and public water/sewer connection, sets a 1,500-foot setback from sensitive receptors (residences, schools, daycares, hospitals, places of worship, parks, and related site improvements), Tier 4 backup generators, and a 40-foot maximum height. No further change located as of 2026-09-23.
• Outcome: UDO review and possible extension

Walker County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-07-09
• Normalized date: 2026-07-09 (exact)
• Duration: Original 30 days (2026-07-09 to approximately 2026-08-08); the Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Aug. 6, 2026 to extend the moratorium 180 days, through Feb. 2, 2027, and to establish a Data Center Development Standards Study Committee, which the Board asked to complete its work by Dec. 4, 2026.
• Current end date: 2027-02-02
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-walker-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners vote approving a 30-day moratorium barring acceptance of applications to locate data centers in unincorporated Walker County
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Extended and active as of 2026-09-23. The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at its Aug. 6, 2026 meeting to extend the data center moratorium 180 days, through Feb. 2, 2027, and created a Data Center Development Standards Study Committee (chaired by the Economic Development Director, vice-chaired by the Planning Director, with two members per district commissioner plus the Chamber of Commerce president), tasked to complete its work by Dec. 4, 2026. The moratorium applies only to unincorporated Walker County; municipalities within the county must act separately. No data center companies had been named as interested parties as of the extension vote.
• Outcome: Board of Commissioners approved a 30-day moratorium barring acceptance of data center siting applications in unincorporated Walker County

Warner Robins

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-20, Warner Robins City Council, unanimous
• Normalized date: 2026-07-20 (exact)
• Duration: Six months (until about January 2027)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ga-warner-robins-2026
• Legal basis: Warner Robins City Council temporary six-month moratorium on acceptance, processing or issuance of zoning, building permit, business license and conditional use applications for data centers
• What prompted it: Zoning code does not define or regulate data centers
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; six-month moratorium adopted 2026-07-20, in effect until January 2027.
• Outcome: Council unanimously adopted a six-month data center moratorium while the city studies regulations.

Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.

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