Atlanta City Council voted in June 2025 to bar data centers from some neighborhoods and to require developers to get a special use permit to build one.

June 2025Source

🚫 Ban

Atlanta City Council banned new data centers in the BeltLine Overlay District, the area around the 22-mile BeltLine trail loop. Council members said data centers do not fit the walkable plans for the corridor and use a lot of power and water.

Sept 2024Source

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What you can do

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Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.

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🔔 Get told first

⚡ Your electric company

Georgia Power Co. (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Georgia.

🙋 Open tasks here

When will the other two buildings open?
Did the project get a tax break?
Does the city's ban on data centers near the Beltline and transit apply here?
How much power will the data center use?

How to help →

2 data center projects in Atlanta City

In Atlanta City

Edged Atlanta data center campus (ATL01)

1611 Ellsworth mixed-use project with data center

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Fort Gillem data center campus (Digital Realty ATL15/ATL16)

Shadowbox Studios data center proposal

Ellenwood data center (PCC-DeKalb LLC)

Vantage data center (Westlake site, South Fulton)

Stonewall Tell data center (RSC Investment Management)

Vantage data center (Stacks Road site, South Fulton)

Local votes and rules

📜 Data center rules

🚫 Ban

What you can do

🔔 Get told first

👥 What neighbors here report

⚡ Your electric company

🙋 Open tasks here