Summary
DeKalb County file 2026-0244 is a proposed resolution that would require an independent health and environmental study of data centers, reviewed by the Board of Commissioners, before the county's moratorium can be lifted. That moratorium runs to 30 March 2027 under a separate resolution. As of 3 November 2026 the file shows no final action: the Board last deferred it on 13 October 2026 and it is on the 10 November 2026 agenda. It remains a proposal and changes no rule.
Scope
Proposed DeKalb County Board of Commissioners resolution (file 2026-0244; latest substitute dated 22 September 2026) would require an independent, third-party Health and Environmental Study of Data Centers to be completed and reviewed by the Board before the county data center moratorium is lifted, and would ask Purchasing and Contracting to find a vendor through competitive bidding. It says it would not prevent the continued operation of existing data centers operating lawfully on the date of enactment.
- Geographic scope
- Unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- No expiration date recorded
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- 21 January 2026
- Last checked
- 3 November 2026
What this does not establish
- The county history labels a 24 March 2026 row Approved, but that row's motion text defers the item to committee until 28 April 2026, later rows keep deferring it, and the file shows no final action or passed date. This record follows the motion text.
- The resolution text opened is an unsigned substitute dated 22 September 2026; its adoption and approval lines are blank.
- The resolution names DeKalb County. The moratorium it refers to is recorded separately and covers unincorporated DeKalb County.
Unresolved questions
- How the Board of Commissioners will act on the resolution, including at its 10 November 2026 meeting.
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.
- Related, not a replacement DeKalb County (unincorporated): data center application moratorium extended to 30 March 2027 (In effect)
Sources
Primary source: DeKalb County Board of Commissioners page on dekalbcountyga.legistar.com
- Substitute resolution text, 22 September 2026 — latest substitute text of the proposed resolution · 22 September 2026
- Current official legislative history (Legistar data) — current official status reviewed 3 November 2026