"After the Atlanta City Council passed legislation in 2024 limiting data centers near transit hubs, a site-specific exception was introduced to allow a data center to be built near the West End MARTA station. Ultimately the proposal was defeated after opposition from residents in Adair Park, neighborhood planning units, and an intervention by Mayor Andre Dickens.

… but now a revised version of the same proposal, which now includes new requirements for the project, was picked up by the City Council last month and will need to be voted on once again."
https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/southwest-atlanta-data-center-proposal-returns/
#politics #GAPol #Atlanta #dataCenters #MARTA

"After the Atlanta City Council passed legislation in 2024 limiting data centers near transit hubs, a site-specific exception was introduced to allow a data center to be built near the West End MARTA station. Ultimately the proposal was defeated after opposition from residents in Adair Park, neighborhood planning units, and an intervention by Mayor Andre Dickens.

… but now a revised version of the same proposal, which now includes new requirements for the project, was picked up by the City Council last month and will need to be voted on once again."
https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/southwest-atlanta-data-center-proposal-returns/
#politics #GAPol #Atlanta #dataCenters #MARTA