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Troup County

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Troup County prohibits high-energy cryptocurrency or data-mining operations as residential home businesses. The restriction is narrow; the supplied description does not show comparable new limits on commercial data centers.

current law · Unincorporated areas
Prohibits high-energy cryptocurrency or data-mining operations for profit from operating as home occupations; it does not establish data-center-specific siting rules.Troup County Unified Development Ordinance Amendment: Data Centers and Cryptocurrency or Data Mining Facilities (2026)

What this means

The amendment would prohibit cryptocurrency or data-mining operations using high-energy computer processing as a residential home occupation (“prohibited residential home occupation”). That is a narrow restriction; the provided text does not show comparable new limits on commercial data center construction or operation.

People behind it

  • Introduced, proposed, adopted, and enacted the ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance.

  • Reviewed the proposed Unified Development Ordinance amendments after public notice and hearing.

  • Reviewed the proposed Unified Development Ordinance amendments and transmitted its recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.

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  • Responsible for attaching the adopted ordinance to the meeting minutes.

  • Responsible for maintaining the adopted ordinance as a public record.

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  • Cryptocurrency or data-mining operations involving high-energy computer processing for profit are prohibited as residential home occupations.

  • Data processing, hosting, and related services are permitted only in the zoning districts identified with a permitted-use designation in the amended use table, rather than throughout all zoning districts.

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  • The permitted-use table lists “Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services” as a permitted use in designated commercial zoning districts, allowing qualifying data-center activities in those districts subject to the UDO’s applicable requirements and any table footnotes.

Sources

Specific to Troup County only.

repealed · Unincorporated areas
Temporarily prohibits Troup County from accepting or acting on applications to establish or expand data centers in unincorporated areas through December 15, 2025, while allowing previously approved, lawfully operating centers to continue.Troup County Data Center Moratorium Resolution (September 16, 2025)

What this means

If enacted, this would temporarily block applications and approvals for new or expanding data centers in unincorporated Troup County until December 15, 2025, while exempting data centers already lawfully operating. The short duration limits the long-term impact, but the pause would still delay or prevent projects during that period (complete moratorium on applications).

Timing

Ends
Dec 15, 2025

The moratorium expires at 11:59 p.m. on 2025-12-15, unless shortened or extended by official action of the Board. It applies to new data centers and expansions in unincorporated Troup County; previously approved and lawfully operating data centers may continue operating and developing.

People behind it

  • Initiator of the UDO proposed text amendments and data-center moratorium measure.

  • Prepared the agenda item concerning the UDO proposed text amendments and data-center moratorium.

  • Requested the UDO amendments and is responsible for studying the effects of data centers and reporting findings to the Board.

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  • Legislative body that adopted the data-center moratorium and authorized the proposed UDO amendments.

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  • A complete moratorium applies in unincorporated Troup County from adoption through December 15, 2025, unless shortened or extended by the Board. During that period, the County may not accept applications for new data centers or expansions of existing or under-development data centers, including applications for special land-use permits, rezonings, land-disturbance permits, building permits, business licenses, or certificates of occupancy, and may not act on related licenses. Lawfully operating data centers that were approved before adoption are exempt and may continue operating and developing.

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  • Existing data centers that were previously approved and are lawfully operating may continue their operation and development during the moratorium.

  • The moratorium is temporary and expires at 11:59 p.m. on December 15, 2025, unless the Board of Commissioners officially shortens or extends it.

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