Rockdale County, in Rockdale County, Georgia, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 12, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Rockdale County extended its data center and battery-energy-storage moratorium (originally 180 days from March 2026) through Sept 8, 2026 to overhaul its Unified Development Ordinance (noise, water, power rules). (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | May 12, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Rockdale 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.