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The Data Center Divide

Carroll County

This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.

Slightly Pro-Data Center Policies

Carroll County has enacted a 100-day pause on new data-center applications and permits in unincorporated areas; previously approved projects are exempt. A draft ordinance allowing some facilities in certain zones remains under review.

Rating from Georgia statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Carroll County.

Specific to Carroll County only.

current law · Unincorporated areas
Pauses new data center construction applications and related permits in unincorporated Carroll County for 100 days or until updated zoning rules are adopted, whichever comes first.Carroll County Board of Commissioners Resolution imposing a 100-day moratorium on New Technology Facilities and Uses (2026)

What this means

The measure would pause new data-center applications and permits in unincorporated Carroll County for 100 days, delaying construction and expansion; previously approved projects are exempt (prior approvals are unaffected). A draft ordinance may later allow data centers in some industrial and technology-park zones, but it was still under review, so the temporary moratorium is the main practical effect (ordinance expected to be reviewed).

Timing

Ends
Through September; the article does not state an exact date.

The article says commissioners approved an additional 100-day moratorium through September (approved the additional moratorium through September). The March resolution separately states that its moratorium ends when the County adopts related zoning revisions or 100 days after adoption, whichever occurs first (whichever first occurs).

People behind it

  • Commissioner who proposed another 100-day moratorium on permits relating to data centers. proposed another 100-day moratorium

  • Approved the moratorium and adopted the resolution imposing it. approved the additional moratorium

  • Directed not to accept applications or issue permits covered by the moratorium, and tasked with reviewing exemption applications. directed not to accept applications or issue any permits

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  • Responsible for reviewing and granting or denying applications for exemption from the moratorium. The Director of Community Development shall grant or deny

  • Receives appeals of the Director’s exemption decisions and schedules public appeal hearings. filing an appeal with the County Planner

  • Hears and decides appeals concerning exemption decisions. shall hear and decide appeals

  • Assists county staff in reviewing and preparing suggested zoning-ordinance revisions related to the covered uses. with the assistance of the County Attorney

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  • A person seeking an exception must submit a verified application with supporting information to the Community Development Department. The Director decides whether to grant it; an appeal may be filed within 30 days. An exception only allows staff to accept and process the application—it is not project approval. The resolution sets out the exemption application and appeal process.

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  • Projects with permits or development plans approved before the moratorium took effect are exempt from it, allowing those projects to proceed under their existing approvals. Previously issued approvals and permits are unaffected.

  • An applicant may seek an exemption; if granted, County staff may accept and process the application. An exemption is not final approval and does not itself confer development rights. Exemptions allow staff to accept and process an application.

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