Resident urges delay on proposed Coweta data center

A concerned resident of Coweta County, Georgia is calling on the Coweta County Board of Commissioners to delay any vote or approval for a proposed large data center project in the area. This marks the third time the resident has written to the board regarding the data center plans. The resident argues that the data center, which they compare in scale to the 102,000-capacity Neyland Stadium versus the 52,000-capacity Bobby Dodd Stadium, would be an ill-advised solution to the county's loss of tax revenue from the Cancer Center of America moving out of the area. The resident expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of the 'closed-loop cooling system' touted by the developer, Prologis, pointing to water issues experienced with other nearby data centers. The resident urges the commissioners to thoroughly examine the potential environmental and community impacts of the massive data center project, rather than just accepting the industry's assurances. They argue that tech giants like Meta, Google and Microsoft can find other locations, and that the county should pursue 'more worthy projects' to recover its lost tax revenue. The resident also raises concerns about the broader societal impacts of artificial intelligence as a reason to carefully consider this data center proposal.