Published 4:27 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 MOULTRIE — A couple of posts about data centers on the Mostly Moultrie Facebook page spurred a large number of residents to attend at the County Commission’s regularly scheduled work session Sept. 1. The posts implied that the meeting was specifically about data centers. However, that subject was just one item on the commission’s agenda, which included discussion of the county’s monthly finance report, digitizing the clerk of court’s records, an upcoming public hearing on road abandonment and the employees’ health plan. “Hello friends, data center meeting TONIGHT at 5:00, Annex, room 261. Please come and let our commissioners know how many of us strongly oppose data centers in Colquitt County,” said a post from Adeline Holloway. “There is a meeting to discuss data centers in our county. If anyone is interested in attending and listening, it is at 5:00 in the Annex Building, room 261 today,” stated a post from Megan Sloan. People gradually filed in to the meeting before and after it started so that eventually almost every seat in the commissioner’s conference room was occupied. While the work session is open to the public, very few people typically attend. In contrast, the regular meeting at 7 p.m., which is also open to the public, had only three or four attendees, which is in line with most months. During the work session, when the time came for a general update to the commission on the topic of data centers, County…
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