Data center restrictions tracker · Georgia

Bulloch County Commissioners, Georgia: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Bulloch County Commissioners, in Bulloch County, Georgia, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 5, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Bulloch County Commissioners voted 5-0 to extend their moratorium through Dec 31, 2026 and 5-0 to direct staff to draft a permanent prohibition on data centers in unincorporated areas. No application pending. An initial draft ban ordinance… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedMay 5, 2026county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Bulloch County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

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Georgia context

Georgia has 66 documented local actions across 60 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has an incentive rollback (pending, February 12, 2026) and Georgia Power (PSC rule) territory has a large-load tariff (in force, February 1, 2025).

A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.

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