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Lee County

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Slightly Pro-Data Center Policies

Lee County has enacted a temporary pause on new data-center development in unincorporated areas through December 31, 2026, while officials develop rules; the description inconsistently calls the extension conditional and says no specific rules are described.

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

Specific to Lee County only.

current law · Unincorporated areas

Pauses new data center development in unincorporated Lee County through Dec. 31, 2026, while the county drafts siting rules.Lee County, Georgia Data Center Moratorium Extension Resolution

What this means

If enacted, the extension would temporarily stop new data center development in unincorporated Lee County while officials write rules, making building or expanding there substantially harder. The pause is limited in time and is intended to end December 31, 2026, but no data center-specific rules are described yet (moratorium runs to Dec. 31, 2026).

Timing

Ends: Dec 31, 2026

Lee County’s data center moratorium was extended while staff studies and drafts an ordinance. The reported extension runs through 2026-12-31.

People behind it

Lee County Board of Commissioners
Responsible for the resolution extending the data center moratorium in unincorporated Lee County (the resolution extending the moratorium).

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A moratorium on data center development in unincorporated Lee County is in force through December 31, 2026, creating a temporary pause while county staff studies and drafts an ordinance.

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