This Tuesday, October 13th @ 9:00 a.m., the Board of Commissioners (BOC) will consider a new data center zoning ordinance. The meeting will be held at 178 Sams Street, Decatur, GA 30030. Introduced last week by At-Large District 7 Commissioner LaDena Bolton, the new ordinance will allow the
Yesterday, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted to uphold and affirm the DeKalb County Planning Department’s decision not to accept an application from Shadowbox Studios for a “change of use” from their previously approved movie studio expansion to a hyperscale AI data center. This is what it could
This Wednesday, September 9 @ 1:00PM, Shadowbox is pressuring the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to consider a Land Disturbance Permit (LDP) change of use application. Put simply, Shadowbox wants to build a roughly 4-million-square-foot data center on 155+ acres originally intended for their movie studio expansion.
The People Have Spoken: No Hyperscale AI Data Centers in DeKalb County, Georgia! How it began In August 2025, we first became aware that a “Text Amendment” (a change/addition to the county zoning laws) was under consideration that would allow data centers to be built in DeKalb County, Georgia.
This Tuesday, October 13th @ 9:00 a.m., the Board of Commissioners (BOC) will consider a new data center zoning ordinance. The meeting will be held at 178 Sams Street, Decatur, GA 30030. Introduced last week by At-Large District 7 Commissioner LaDena Bolton, the new ordinance will allow the
Yesterday, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted to uphold and affirm the DeKalb County Planning Department’s decision not to accept an application from Shadowbox Studios for a “change of use” from their previously approved movie studio expansion to a hyperscale AI data center. This is what it could
This Wednesday, September 9 @ 1:00PM, Shadowbox is pressuring the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to consider a Land Disturbance Permit (LDP) change of use application. Put simply, Shadowbox wants to build a roughly 4-million-square-foot data center on 155+ acres originally intended for their movie studio expansion.
The People Have Spoken: No Hyperscale AI Data Centers in DeKalb County, Georgia! How it began In August 2025, we first became aware that a “Text Amendment” (a change/addition to the county zoning laws) was under consideration that would allow data centers to be built in DeKalb County, Georgia.