The rezoning and special use applications for a data center on nearly 20 acres in the southern part of the county were tabled by the Hall County Planning Commission (HCPC) Tuesday.
County spokeswoman Joy Licciardi confirmed Wednesday that they were tabled at the request of the applicant and are now scheduled to be considered by the commission Sept. 15.
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A 119-acre site on O’Kelly Road in southern Hall County could become home to a one-point-two (B) billion-dollar data center, according to documents on file with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The tract of land is at 2400 O’Kelly Road near the Candler Road intersection and is oHeavy Industrial (H-I).
The Proposed Project Information on the DCA website Project Turbo says the development would consist of a Multiple Building Data Center Project consisting of 900,000 square feet. Developers envision it being completed in 2027 and say it would generate about $25 million in tax revenue each year. DRI Application Summary
Plans for data centers in some parts of Georgia and elsewhere around the country have been met with strong opposition centered around such things as their impact on the environment, their size, and their consumption of power and water supplies. Appling County is one place in Georgia where, according to Georgia News Network, plans for a data center have run into opposition.
The Hall County Planning Commission is scheduled to consider a request to rezone the property from Planned Industrial Development (PID) to Light Industrial (I-1) when it meets Sept. 2.
What is a data center? Wikipedia describes them this way: A data center is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.