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GA Marietta City Council August 12, 2026

Marietta City Council 18 MW Data Center Rezoning and Six Month Moratorium Vote

Marietta City Council voted 5 to 2 to approve an 18 megawatt, 11 acre data center with a 1 million dollar sound mitigation condition while simultaneously imposing a six month moratorium on any new data center applications.

Jurisdiction Marietta, GA
Governing Body Marietta City Council
Meeting Date August 12, 2026
Extracted Clips 3 clips · 1 opposed · 2 supporting
Zoning Moratorium Noise Power & Grid NDAs
Source YouTube recording ↗ Official agenda & minutes portal ↗
Archived meeting broadcast · Fox Business Ready at Clip 1 (0:16 to 0:44) · Jason Waters, Council Member, Marietta City Council
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Marietta City Council 18 MW Data Center Rezoning and Six Month Moratorium Vote

Marietta City Council · August 12, 2026

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3 verified timestamped clips extracted chronologically from the closed caption record. Select any clip to play that exact window in the master player or copy a canonical clip link.

  1. Clip 1 · 0:16 Jason Waters, Council Member, Marietta City Council Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Moratorium Power & Grid

    Marietta Council Member Jason Waters explains the council's 5 to 2 vote approving the 18 megawatt project already in the pipeline alongside a six month moratorium on new filings.

    "FIVE BACK TO APPROVING 18 MEGAWATT 11 ACRE DATA CENTER. A MOVE SOME ARE CALLING CONTROVERSIAL. NOW, JUST WEEKS AGO CITY COUNCIL IMPOSE A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTER REQUEST. THIS PROJECT WAS ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE WHEN THE MORATORIUM TOOK EFFECT. MY NEXT GUEST SITS ON THAT CITY COUNCIL AND VOTED YES FOR THE DATA CENTER."

    YouTube at 0:16 ↗
  2. Clip 2 · 3:00 Jason Waters, Council Member, Marietta City Council Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
    Water Noise Moratorium

    Council Member Jason Waters details the facility's closed loop cooling system, acoustic mitigation requirements, and the need to update Marietta's zoning code during the six month moratorium.

    "ONE 18 MEGAWATTS, IT HAS ZERO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RATEPAYER IT HAS A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM AND WE ARE MAKING SOUND BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE KIND OF F ON THE OTHER IT CITED THEN IS NOW BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT AND SIGH 75 REQUIRED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN SOUND MITIGATION. THIS ABSOLUTELY HURTS NO ONE COULD ONLY HELP THE CITIZENS OF MARIETTA WERE OPEN FOR BUSINESS"

    YouTube at 3:00 ↗
  3. Clip 3 · 0:47 Marietta City Council Member Elected Official Opposed transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Moratorium Noise Power & Grid NDAs

    Marietta City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.

    "WRITING ABOUT WITH THE LATEST OT MEETINGS OVER THIS DATA CENTER, PEOPLE AND I UNDERSTAND RETICENCE FROM PEOPLE IN THE RURAL SOUTH, TO THESE DATA CENTER PROJECTS. BUT, PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS. THE ONE YOU JUST APPROVED IS NOT EVEN AN A.I. DATA CENTER. PLEASE TELL THE AUDIENCE IS GOING TO BE USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, MEDICAL AND"

    YouTube at 0:47 ↗

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Said and filed

Said and filed

Statements and filings, side by side

Statement and primary filing State of Georgia / Georgia Public Service Commission Hearing Record → Project Dossier: marietta-data-center-ga →
Tax Abatements Power & Grid Moratorium
Column A · Dated Statement
Brian P. Kemp Governor of Georgia
Venue: Georgia Governor's Veto Statement on House Bill 1192
"Vetoed House Bill 1192, which would have suspended Georgia's state sales and use tax exemption for high tech data center equipment for two years, claiming that pausing the tax exemption would undermine Georgia's grid planning and business climate."
Fox Business
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Column B · Primary Government Record
Georgia Public Service Commission Docket 44280 & Docket 56002 Integrated Resource Plan and 100 MW Large Load Rule Filings
Georgia PSC Docket 44280 (2023 IRP Update) · Docket 56002 (2025 and 2026 IRP) · Rule 515-3-4 (>100 MW Large Load Tariff)
Agency or Venue: Georgia Public Service Commission
"Primary filings in Georgia Public Service Commission Docket 44280 and the 2025 and 2026 Integrated Resource Plan (Docket 56002) document that 80 percent of Georgia Power's projected multi gigawatt load growth comes from hyperscale data centers, requiring emergency fossil fuel and battery capacity additions and prompting the Commission to adopt Rule 515-3-4 imposing special contract and billing terms on any facility exceeding 100 megawatts."
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