Moratorium tracker

Data center moratoriums in Georgia

11 moratorium actions in 8 jurisdictions in Georgia, newest first: 10 adopted, extended or announced, 1 pending. Each entry links to its source.

Is there a data center moratorium in Georgia?

No statewide pause for Georgia is in the tracker; the actions on this page are local. Locally, 8 jurisdictions adopted, extended or announced a pause: Paulding County, Coweta County, Elbert County, Augusta-Richmond County, Carroll County, DeKalb County, Clayton County and Douglas County. By their own stated length or end date, the pauses in Carroll County (100 days, Jun 2026), DeKalb County (100 days, Jun 2026), Clayton County (120 days, Sep 3, 2025) and Douglas County (90 days, Mar 2025) have run out unless extended; the tracker has no extension on record.

Statuses are as of each source’s date; check with the jurisdiction before relying on one.

Moratorium actions: 11
Jurisdictions: 8
Adopted, extended or announced: 10
Rejected, lifted or set aside: 0

Every tracked Georgia moratorium

Jurisdiction	Action	Length	What the source says
Augusta-Richmond County Georgia · county	Extension recommended reported Jul 20, 2026	—	The Augusta Planning Commission recommended a 60-day extension of the moratorium; WRDW reported on July 20, 2026 that commissioners had been unable to reach agreement at their last meeting. WRDW Source excerpt “The Augusta Planning Commission recommended extending the moratorium by 60 more days.”
Paulding County Georgia · county	Adopted Jul 2026	— until Jan 1, 2027	Moratorium in effect until January 1, 2027. FOX 5 Atlanta Source excerpt “During Tuesday's board of commissioners meeting, commissioners unanimously approved the moratorium, which will be in effect until January 1, 2027.”
Coweta County Georgia · county	Adopted Jun 16, 2026	180 days until Dec 23, 2026	Moratorium on accepting applications for permits, land use amendments, rezonings, conditional uses and variances, and on public hearings related to data centers, while the county reviews its data center ordinance; set to expire Dec. 23 or when the board adopts an ordinance amendment. The Newnan Times-Herald Source excerpt “The Coweta County Board of Commissioners approved a 180-day data center moratorium to review the county's data center ordinance at its Tuesday night meeting.”
Elbert County Georgia · county	Adopted reported Jun 10, 2026	six months	Six-month moratorium on data center facilities approved by the Elbert County Board of Commissioners. The Elberton Star Source excerpt “Elbert County's Board of Commissioners (BOC) pumped the brakes on any future data center construction in Elbert County by approving a six-month moratorium on data center facilities.”
Augusta-Richmond County Georgia · county	Adopted Jun 2, 2026	49 days	Pause on new data centers to allow public input; WRDW reported that it does not apply to the QTS campus on Gordon Highway. WRDW Source excerpt “The Augusta Commission on Tuesday imposed a 49-day pause on new data centers, but it doesn't apply to the one that's stirring up controversy.”
Carroll County Georgia · county	Extended Jun 2026	100 days	Data center moratorium for unincorporated areas of the county, extended another 100 days. Times-Georgian Source excerpt “The Carroll County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted to extend for another 100 days a data center moratorium for unincorporated areas of the county.”
DeKalb County Georgia · county	Extended Jun 2026	100 days	New data center applications; extension keeps the pause in place through the end of September. CBS News Atlanta Source excerpt “DeKalb County commissioners have approved a 100-day extension of a moratorium on new data center applications, keeping the pause in place through the end of September.”
Carroll County Georgia · county	Adopted Mar 2026	100 days	Permits related to data centers and other new technology. Times-Georgian Source excerpt “The commissioners initially approved a 100-day moratorium on permits related to data centers and other new technology at the board's March 3 meeting.”
Clayton County Georgia · county	Adopted Sep 3, 2025	120 days until Dec 31, 2025	Moratorium on data centers until Dec. 31, 2025. Georgia Public Broadcasting Source excerpt “On Sept. 3, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners voted to impose a 120-day moratorium on data centers until Dec. 31.”
Coweta County Georgia · county	Adopted May 2025	180 days	Moratorium adopted to evaluate the county's data center policies and zoning codes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Source excerpt “The Coweta County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a 180-day moratorium to evaluate its data center policies and zoning codes.”
Douglas County Georgia · county	Adopted Mar 2025	90 days	90-day moratorium on data centers. GovTech (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Source excerpt “A similar 90-day moratorium was adopted by Douglas County in March”

Dates are the date of the vote or order where the source gives one; otherwise the entry shows when it was reported. Lengths, end dates and scope appear only where the cited source states them. Expand any row for a verbatim excerpt from its source.

Tracked projects in these jurisdictions

Project	Status	Jurisdiction and action
Stillwater Technology Park Lovejoy, Clayton County, GA	Cancelled	Clayton County: adopted Sep 3, 2025
Project Sail Newnan, Coweta County, GA	Approved	Coweta County: adopted Jun 16, 2026 Coweta County: adopted May 2025
Avemore Data Park Villa Rica, Carroll County, GA	Approved	Carroll County: extended Jun 2026 Carroll County: adopted Mar 2026
QTS Augusta Data Center Campus Augusta, Augusta-Richmond County, GA	Under construction	Augusta-Richmond County: extension recommended reported Jul 20, 2026 Augusta-Richmond County: adopted Jun 2, 2026

Matched by county, city or the project a source names. Being inside a jurisdiction with a moratorium does not mean a project is covered; many pauses exempt applications already filed or approved, and a county pause usually leaves incorporated towns free to decide. Some entries above note an exemption their source reports; check each entry’s source for others.

Moratorium actions in Georgia project records

Date	Action	Project
Sep 15, 2026	The Augusta Commission approves rules governing new data centers, 6-5, ending the city’s almost three-month moratorium The Augusta Press	QTS Augusta Data Center Campus Augusta, Augusta-Richmond County, GA
Jun 2, 2026	Carroll County commissioners extend the moratorium another 100 days, 7-0 Times-Georgian	Avemore Data Park Villa Rica, Carroll County, GA
Mar 3, 2026	Carroll County Board of Commissioners approves a 100-day moratorium on data center permits in unincorporated areas, 7-0 Times-Georgian	Avemore Data Park Villa Rica, Carroll County, GA
Oct 21, 2025	Commissioner Melissa Link calls for a data center moratorium after the denial WUGA	Old Elberton Road data center proposal Athens, Athens-Clarke County, GA

Permanent rules in Georgia

Atlanta: Ordinances prohibiting data centers in the BeltLine Overlay and near high-volume transitadopted · Sep 3, 2024
Coweta County: Coweta County data center ordinanceadopted · Dec 2025
Bartow County: Bartow County data center ordinanceadopted

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Georgia data center moratoriums: common questions

Is there a data center moratorium in Georgia?

How many Georgia communities have paused data centers?

The tracker records 8 local governments in Georgia that adopted, extended or announced a data center pause. The tracker lists actions confirmed in a published notice or news report, so it is a floor rather than a complete census.

How long do data center moratoriums in Georgia last?

Where the source states a length, Georgia pauses run from 49 days (Augusta-Richmond County) to six months (Elbert County). 1 other action has no stated fixed length or runs until a set date or condition.

Which tracked data center projects are in Georgia jurisdictions with a moratorium?

Stillwater Technology Park, Project Sail, Avemore Data Park and QTS Augusta Data Center Campus. Sitting inside a jurisdiction with a moratorium does not mean a project is covered: many pauses exempt applications already filed or approved, and a county pause usually leaves incorporated towns free to decide.

Know of a Georgia moratorium we’re missing? Email corrections@datacentercensus.com with a link to the official notice or a report.

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Last updated Nov 7, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APA	`Data Center Census. (2026). Data center moratoriums in Georgia. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/georgia`
MLA	`“Data center moratoriums in Georgia.” Data Center Census, Nov 7, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/georgia.`
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