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County manager and commissioners defend strict data-center rules; manager reports ACCG site visits
Summary
County manager described statewide ACCG tours of power-generation and data-center facilities and said Spalding County's zoning and conditions for data centers align with industry best practice; Commissioner Flowers Taylor argued the county's 'green' industrial standards attract higher-revenue development.
County Manager Steve reported that he and others attended an Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) mobile classroom and tours of energy and data infrastructure, including a solar facility and a Meta data center. He told commissioners the county’s requirements — proximity to transmission lines and recycled water use — match industry standards and that Meta and other data operators look for those conditions.
"The requirement that you placed on the data center to be in close proximity to the…
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