Marietta data center approved despite pushback
Marietta City Council members and residents debated a proposed pause on new data center applications and the creation of a Marietta Data Center Advisory Committee to rewrite municipal zoning standards.
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Marietta data center approved despite pushback
Marietta City Council · July 8, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:16 Marietta City Council Applicant and Economic Development Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Marietta City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"pollution a concern when it comes to these data centers. So, silencers going to be installed. They have to conduct independent testing and they have to stay away from the city's municipal water and waste water supply cuz of course there's concern from residents about what this could mean for my water bill. Um still though that was not enough for some people in the crowd. This is what happened inside Council Chambers right after that vote. Okay, so it was a 5-2 vote came after a"
- Clip 2 · 0:52 Marietta City Council Official Deliberation Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Marietta City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"self storage property or at least part of it into an 18 megawatt data center. The property owner says it won't increase water consumption. It will include measures to minimize noise. Meanwhile, council members heard from people on both sides of the debate. >> It really doesn't generate anything positive for the community. It just extracts well from the community. It's going to make Marietta basically one of the"
- Clip 3 · 1:23 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Substantive hearing record before Marietta City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"artificial intelligence. He says this data center is all about processing information quickly. So, that project has the green light, although they do have to abide by some of those conditions that I just laid out for you. By the way, if you're asking yourself, Marietta, Marietta, I know you were just talking about a data center moratorium in Marietta. Yes, we were. Just last month that same city council approved a"
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