Summary
On 16 June 2026 the Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to enact a 180-day moratorium on accepting new data center applications, running to 13 December 2026. It is a temporary pause on new applications, not a permanent prohibition. The Board said the pause is meant to allow a review of its data center ordinance.
Scope
The Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted on 16 June 2026 to execute a Resolution to Enact a Moratorium on the Acceptance of New Applications Associated with Data Centers. As the minutes describe it, the 180-day moratorium covers the acceptance of applications for permits, land use amendments, rezoning or conditional use permit applications, variance applications, and all public hearings relating to data centers.
- Geographic scope
- Coweta County, Georgia
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Coweta County Board of Commissioners
Dates
- Adopted
- 16 June 2026
- Effective
- 16 June 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- 13 December 2026
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The minutes say the moratorium expires at 11:59 p.m. on 13 December 2026 unless the Board adopts an amendment to its data center land use regulations first, or acts to extend or terminate it.
- Source document
- 16 June 2026
- Last checked
- 3 November 2026
What this does not establish
- This record rests on the Board's minutes of 16 June 2026. The resolution's own text was not read.
- At that meeting one commissioner said the moratorium has no bearing on approved projects or those already submitted. The county attorney said vested rights would be considered case by case. The administrator said appropriately zoned property can proceed through development review, but only for existing or pending applications, not new applications submitted after enactment.
- Minutes of the 13 and 20 October 2026 meetings were not published when read on 3 November 2026, and a 13 October work session agenda listed a discussion of the Data Center Ordinance, so a later change would not show here.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Board amends its data center ordinance, or extends or ends the moratorium, before 13 December 2026.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
Primary source: Coweta County Board of Commissioners page on cowetacoga.api.civicclerk.com