Floyd County implements temporary moratorium on data center projects.
The Floyd County Commission has approved an 80-day moratorium on data center projects. This temporary halt will allow the county to develop a new ordinance setting specific requirements for future data center proposals, which will include public hearings. Currently, only two data centers are known to the commission within the county, one being a Microsoft project.
The Floyd County Commission has unanimously approved an 80-day moratorium on new data center projects. This decision was made to allow the county to prepare and implement a new ordinance that will establish specific requirements for future data center developments. The proposed ordinance will mandate that each data center project undergo a public hearing and receive consideration from the commission.
Floyd County Commissioner Scotty Hancock noted that the commission has only been aware of two data center projects within the county thus far: one in the Coosa area, which involved a rezoning issue, and a Microsoft data center. Other potential projects have not yet come before the commission or had formal filings. The proposed ordinance is expected to be presented to the Planning Commission for recommendation and then to the county commission by late August. The article also provided updates on other county building projects, including renovations at the former Law Enforcement Center and cleanup at the Historic Courthouse, unrelated to data centers.