Data Center Lobbyists Clear the Way for Mega-Projects in Rural Georgia

Data Center Lobbyists Clear the Way for Mega-Projects in Rural Georgia

County commissioners in Georgia may pave the way for a $17 billion “hyperscale” data center on Tuesday by adopting new planning laws shaped by industry lobbyists. If passed, the latest draft of the laws will ease requirements for “Project Sail” — a proposed data center in a rural area of Coweta County, 40 miles southwest of Atlanta — relative to a more stringent version proposed last month. One of the biggest planned complexes of its kind, Proje…