Rockdale County Board of Commissioners Data Center Moratorium Extension Town Hall
On May 15, 2026, Rockdale County officials held an official Data Center Town Hall after the Board of Commissioners voted to extend the countywide moratorium on new data center applications through September 8, 2026 to finalize zoning and water protection rules.
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Rockdale County Board of Commissioners Data Center Moratorium Extension Town Hall
Rockdale County Board of Commissioners · May 15, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:49 Rockdale County Commissioner Elected Official Opposed auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Zoning Water
Rockdale County officials explain the Board of Commissioners vote extending the countywide moratorium on data centers through September 8, 2026.
"if you were not aware of what happened at the board of commissioners meeting today uh the moratorum on the data centers has been extended till September the 8th and a lot of people I know in the comments were like why September 8th why September 8th why why that date uh September 8th is the date of the proposed adoption of the new UDO the unified development ordinance the good news is all of you have a say so in that"
- Clip 2 · 1:41 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Residents and community speakers address Rockdale County Board of Commissioners regarding local water, power grid, noise, and zoning impacts.
"unified development ordinance. So we wanted to make sure that all of you knew that right off the top. So, our first presentation tonight is going to come from the director of planning and development. His name is Brandon White. And here he is. So, good evening everyone. Uh Brandon"
- Clip 3 · 2:20 Rockdale County Board of Commissioners Member Elected Official Opposed auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Zoning Water Power & Grid
Rockdale County Board of Commissioners members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
"data centers uh with a vote this morning. Uh so back in January, it was initially adopted and approved uh 180day moratorum from January 13th to July 13th. And so as of today, that moratorum has been extended to September 8th to align with our UDO update. Next slide. Uh so what we'll do is we'll start the"
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