Douglas County, Georgia, adopted a data-center moratorium on October 22, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
Douglas County, Georgia, adopted a data-center moratorium on March 18, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is expired.
The records read: "Douglas County imposed a 90-day data center moratorium in a 4-1 vote in March 2025, later extended in August 2025 to study ratepayer impacts. DC BLOX closed $1.15B in green loan financing in August 2025 for its 120MW Atlanta West campus on… (datacentertracker.org)." "90-day data-center moratorium, adopted 2025-03-18, since expired (Moratorium Nation)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | in force | October 22, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Moratorium | restriction | expired | March 18, 2025 | county-wide | Moratorium Nation (ALEA Institute) |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Douglas County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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.