Staff Report

Coffee County Mayor Dennis Hunt announced that he will present on May 26 to the Coffee County Regional Planning Commission a proposed 180 day moratorium on all data center reviews.

This moratorium proposal will then be presented to Coffee County’s Legislative Body at the June 9 meeting, regardless of the Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Hunt said that the rural residents of Coffee County have legitimate concerns regarding data centers.

“The prerequisites and specific minimum requirements for data centers in these areas should be reviewed and implemented. Any proposed changes recommended by the Planning Commission to our zoning resolution will then need to be voted on by the County Legislative Body. Recent publicity regarding these large scale data centers have left us with more questions than answers,” Hunt said.