Columbia County residents discuss proposed data centers at town hall
In Five Points, Columbia County (FL), Columbia County Board of Commissioners and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
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Columbia County residents discuss proposed data centers at town hall
Columbia County Board of Commissioners · June 15, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:20 Columbia County Board of Commissioners Applicant and Economic Development Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Columbia County Board of Commissioners regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"County data centers could be. Georgia's growth in the data center sector has outpaced the nation last year, according to commercial real estate firm CBRE. With the metro Atlanta leading the US in data center expansion last year, surpassing northern Virginia. The Bird Farm, Pumpkin Center, and White Oak data centers are the ones possibly coming to Columbia County as a planning commission recommended them for"
- Clip 2 · 0:46 Columbia County Board of Commissioners Official Deliberation Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Columbia County Board of Commissioners regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"gathered at Harlem Middle School ahead of the full commission meeting. Ethan Hunter is live at Harlem Middle School. Ethan, the county didn't get a chance to respond. However, you've done digging and you heard from neighbors tonight. What do they have to say? Yeah, this was not a Columbia County school event, but there were about 100 neighbors from around this area in Harlem Middle School right behind me."
- Clip 3 · 1:14 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Substantive hearing record before Columbia County Board of Commissioners regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"on the other side from where the Pumpkin Center data center could be coming. A lot of the people that I talked to tonight, some of those that would be most affected by these projects. These trees greet those coming into Harlem and Appling off I-20, but that could be changing. This land, one of three sites that could become data centers in Columbia County. We thought we built a family property to be passed on"
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