Advocates Claim Proposed Adair Park Data Center Plans Mirror Historical Redlining

Advocates claim proposed Adair Park data center plans mirror historical redlining

A dozen residents spoke out against data centers at the Atlanta City Council meeting on Aug. 3 as momentum builds around environmental, health, and equity concerns. The outcry is in response to Digital Realty‘s $500 million proposal to build a data center at 713 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard where West End, Adair Park and Mechanicsville meet. The developer has promised $10 million of community investment funds, which residents say is not enoug…

West End data center committee vote expected Monday

Proposed West End data center site plan. (Digital Realty) This story has been updated to include that NPU-X and the Atlanta Planning Advisory Board also took action against the proposed West End data center. Three weeks have passed since the Atlanta City Council Zoning Committee voted 6-1 to hold a zoning exemption for the construction of a Digital Realty data center on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in West End. Ahead of the Zoning Committee’s…