On August 12th, City Council is voting on a data center. However, there are two more that the same group is wanting to build, and one might be next to your house.
To be clear, there is only one data center the city is officially voting on at this moment. We did some research on the developer and learned that they have plans to build more of them all over the country at their storage facilities, and they have two more listed in Marietta off of Canton Road and Powder Springs St.
The one on Powder Springs St is within walking distance of multiple subdivisions, and within 1/2 mile of Tumlin Park and Hickory Hills Elementary.
If this matters to you, make sure to email and call your council members and the mayor to let them know how you feel. If you're able to make it, show up to the city council meeting next Wednesday as well.
Sources:
Proposed Data centers map:
https://theedge.io/network/map
News report:
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/prime-group-to-deploy-edge-compute-at-self-storage-sites-across-us/
Prime Group Press release:
https://www.goprimegroup.com/digital-infrastructure-division/