Rome City Commission to discuss data center moratorium during Monday caucus
Rome City Commissioners are scheduled to discuss a data center moratorium during their Monday caucus. This discussion follows Floyd County's recent moratorium, which expired last month and was replaced by new local ordinances. Currently, all proposed data center projects are within Floyd County, including one by Microsoft, after a city project failed to materialize.
Rome City Commissioners are slated to hold a pre-meeting caucus on Monday at 5 p.m. at Rome City Hall to discuss a potential data center moratorium. The discussion item comes after the Floyd County Commission previously enacted its own moratorium in June, which subsequently expired last month following the approval of new local ordinances.
The article notes that all currently proposed data center projects are situated within Floyd County, outside of Rome city limits. These include a Microsoft data center planned for the area of Huffaker Road and Fouche Gap, another behind Coosa Middle School, and a third at the former Ball site in Shannon. A previously proposed data center project within the city limits, at the Battey Business Complex, ultimately fell through.
The commission's regular meeting, scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. after the caucus, will also include public hearings on unrelated matters such as a Special Use Permit for an independent sober living home and several residential rezoning requests.