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DeKalb committee defers data-center rules, asks for baseline review and public engagement
Summary
The DeKalb County PECS committee deferred final action on data-center regulations and an associated $15,000 literature-based baseline study to the May 12 meeting, asking staff and Science for Georgia to supply written answers, invite additional technical experts, and prepare a substitute text amendment for public review before the moratorium expires in June.
Nicole Messia, chair of DeKalb County’s Planning, Economic Development and Community Services (PECS) committee, presided over an extended discussion on proposed data-center regulations and a recommended $15,000 allocation to Science for Georgia for a baseline literature review. The committee voted to defer action to its May 12 meeting to allow staff to incorporate agreed changes and circulate a substitute text amendment.
The resolution under consideration (2026-0241) and related agenda items (2026-0244 and 2026-0245) would, as presented by Commissioner Ted Terry, require a special land-use permit (SLP) for all data-center applications, eliminate the “data center campus” definition to cap developments at 500,000 square feet, and raise the renewable-energy incentive such that developers…
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