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Commissioners say county lacks water capacity for proposed Appling data center; developer to fund upgrades, commission declines to reverse rezoning
Summary
Commissioners answered public questions about water, stormwater, buffers and taxes for a proposed 8-million-square-foot data center site, saying county infrastructure does not currently support projected peak water use and that a developer would be responsible for roughly $80 million in water works.
Columbia County commissioners on Sept. 6 told residents the county’s water system does not have the capacity to serve a proposed large data center in the Appling area and that the developer would be responsible for building needed water facilities. The commission also said it will not reverse an earlier rezoning approval but directed staff to draft a standalone data-center zoning classification for future applications.
In a recorded response to public questions, the chairman said the county “does not have that capacity” to supply an estimated peak water demand of about 6,000,000 gallons per day for the site, and stated an estimated cost to build the needed water system of roughly $80,000,000, which the county would require the developer to pay. The chairman said the development details are not finalized and that…
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