Data centers have been all over the news lately. Development of large swaths of land throughout the country, including in Georgia, has been purchased to build housing for network computers and servers for data storage. Data centers have even been the focus of the current Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial races across the country. In Lovejoy, the topic of data centers was at the top of the agenda during a special called meeting at city hall on Thursday, Aug. 6. The topic was development and whether or not Lovejoy Mayor Marci Fluellyn and the City Council would consider a resolution to accept a rescission of a permit for a data center within city limits. The data center that was proposed was a 1.2 gigawatt facility, which is equal to 900,000 to 1 million in terms of energy consumption. The land in question is on Panhandle Road. Recissions, a legal cancellation of a contract, have to be agreed upon by Fluellyn, and the all-female City Council — Rosanette Kirby (Post 1), Mayor Pro Tem Veronica Parrott (Post 2), Rebekah Wright (Post 3), and Mary Ann Carp (Post 4). Fluellyn began the meeting by stating that she had several conversations with representatives from The Stillwater Group, LLC, a South Carolina-based construction firm that submitted a bid for the land, to let them know how much Lovejoy residents opposed the idea. There was a unanimous vote by the City Council to start the process of rescission. “The resolution has been made, you will see a withdrawal from the DRI…
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