City of South Fulton, in Fulton County, Georgia, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on September 22, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "City of South Fulton approved a data center ordinance in June 2025 with criteria for noise levels and residential distance. In August 2025, the council approved T5 Data Centers' ATL IV campus: a 91-acre, three-building, 1.32M sq ft… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | September 22, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Fulton 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.